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Art Deco
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The fashionable style of the Jazz age between the World Wars, concurrent with the International Style of the Modern Movement. The machine aesthetic is mimicry of, rather than metaphor for, functionalism. Hence streamlined contours and ship-architecture motifs are incorporated for effect, with decorative devices having cubist lines. The rise in popularity of the apartment block for fashionable city dwellers and the movie theatres for their entertainment and petrol stations for their cars provided the building types bearing this styling, for example Union Castle Building (1937-9, Johannesburg; architects JA MOFFAT & TN DUNCAN), Normandie Court (1937-8, Johannesburg; architects GRINKER & SKELLY).
Buildings on this website in Art Deco style
29 Umbilo Road: c1935. Greyville, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal  |
| Albion House: n.d.. East London, Eastern Cape |
Aldwyn Towers Court: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape  |
| Algoa House Hotel: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Althea Court: n.d.. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Anstey's Building - Third: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Astra Theatre: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Aurora Creche: 1931. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Avalon Building: n.d.. Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape |
| Balmoral Hotel: 1932 : 1937 : 1939. Muizenberg, Western Cape |
| Beacon Royal: 1934. Yeoville, Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Berkeley Court: 1934 : 1990s. Summerstrand, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Beryl Court: 1937. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Bijou Theatre: 1941. Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Broadlands: 1947. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Cadbury-Fry (SA) factory: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Campanile Hotel: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Castle Beer Hall: 1939. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Castle Mansions - Second: 1930. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Cheviot Court: 1934. Morningside, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Colonial Mutual Life Building: 1933. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Colonial Mutual Life Building - Pleinhuis: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Colosseum Cinema: 1936-1938. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Commercial Building: n.d.. Upington, Northern Cape |
| Commonwealth Building and Colosseum Theatre: 1936-1938. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Court Chambers: c1935. Springs, Gauteng |
| Court Receife: 1937. Summerstrand, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Da Vinci Building: n.d.. Worcester, Western Cape |
| Daventry Court: 1933-1934. Killarney, Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Dawson Court: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Dawson's Hotel: c1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Dick & Allsop Shops: 1935. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Die Perelse Boedel en Agentskap Maatskappy Beperk building - Standard Bank: 1934. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Dorchester Apartments: 1935. Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Dr André du Toit-Gebou - Building: n.d.. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Dunvegan: c1935. Southernwood, East London, Eastern Cape |
| Enterprise Building: 1931. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Eveready Factory: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Fire Station: n.d.. Rosebank, Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Fire Station: 1939. Springs, Gauteng |
| Firestone Tyre Co Factory: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Geneva House: 1935. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Germiston Central Air Station - Rand Airport: 1935. Germiston, Gauteng |
| Germiston Fire Station: 1935. Germiston, Gauteng |
| Gleneagles: 1937. Killarney, Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Grand Theatre - Second: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Green and Sea Point Shul: 1931. Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| H Jones and Co: n.d. : 1939. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Hamoaze Court - Holiday Court: c1935. Simonstown, Western Cape |
| Hampton Court: 1936-1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Hazelmere: n.d.. Quigney, East London, Eastern Cape |
| Hollywood Court: 1937-1939. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Holyrood: 1939. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Hotel Edward: 1937 : c1970. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Hotel Montagu: 1932 : 1996. Montagu, Western Cape |
| Hotel Sydenham: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| House Fogal: 1933. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| House GL Lippsteu: 1938. Redhouse, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| House Naude: 1936 : 2016. Houghton, Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| JFC Building: n.d.. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Jubilee House: n.d.. Nigel, Gauteng |
| Kavenda Building: n.d.. Brakpan, Gauteng |
| La Rochelle Hostel: 1935. Paarl, Western Cape |
| La Rochelle Primary School: 1936. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa: 1938. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Lido Hotel: 1932. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Lintons Hotel - Duncan House: 1930. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Luxor Court: n.d.. Bertrams, Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Marais Road Shul: 1931. Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Market House: 1930. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Mentone Court: c1935. Killarney, Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Merlyn Court: 1930's. Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape |
| Metro Bioscope: n.d.. Vereeniging, Gauteng |
| Montagu Country Hotel: 1932 : 1996. Montagu, Western Cape |
| Namaqua House: 1930. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Normandie Court: 1937. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| OK Bazaars: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| OK Bazaars - Now Scott's Building: 1932. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Old Mutual: 1934-1936 : 2004-2005. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Palladium Cinema: 1937. Springs, Gauteng |
| Palmerston Hotel: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Petrol Station: n.d.. Riebeek-Kasteel, Western Cape |
| Petrol Station - now Retail Units: 1944. Prince Albert, Western Cape |
| Pharmacy - Shops: n.d.. Heidelberg, Gauteng |
| Plaza Theatre: 1930s. Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape |
| Porter's (Pty) Ltd: 1933. North End, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Protea Cinema: 1939. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Public Library: n.d.. Fraserburg, Northern Cape |
| Railway Station: c1935. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Renesta House: c1935. Springs, Gauteng |
| SA Mutual Life Assurance Society Building - Mutual Heights: 1934-1936 : 2004-2005. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Saraphil Mansions: 1926. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Saville House: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Scott's Building - formerly OK Bazaars: 1932. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Shell House: 1929 : 1941. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Showroom, The: n.d.. Prince Albert, Western Cape |
| Solent Court: c1935. Simonstown, Western Cape |
| Southern Life Association: 1938. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Springs Hotel: 1932. Springs, Gauteng |
| St Saviour's Anglican Church: 1942. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Stakesby-Lewis Hostel: 1936. District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Stanhope Mansions: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Strathearn Mansions: 1931. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Synagogue: c1938. Vredehoek, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Synagogue: 1934. Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Taylor House: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Temple Israel: 1936. Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Vangelia Court: 1937. Orange Grove, Johannesburg, Gauteng |
| Victoria Hotel: 1931. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Victoria Mansions: 1933. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Westgard House - Trust Buildings: 1939. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Whitehall Court: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Williams, Hunt and Brook, Garages: 1928. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Windsor Hotel: 1933. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |
| Woolworths: c1936. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| YMCA - CVJM: 1936. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape |