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Art Deco Architecture in Edinburgh (Help Needed)

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  • Started 15 years ago by Wilmington's Cow
  • Latest reply from chdot

  1. Morningsider
    Member

    "Scandinavian style" flats mind - which is a relief. Imagine if we had to put up with boring old Scottish style. I wonder if there is anywhere in the world that properties would ever be marketed as "Scottish style"? I wouldn't discount there being an estate of horrific baronial McMansions somewhere in Florida.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  2. ejstubbs
    Member

    Might it just mean nondescript flats with Ikea kitchens?

    Posted 5 years ago #
  3. Frenchy
    Member

    Scandinavian-style flats come with Scandinavian-style transport infrastructure, right?

    Posted 5 years ago #
  4. acsimpson
    Member

    @Frenchy, and no doubt so well insulated that you barely need any form of heating other than your daily sauna.

    Posted 5 years ago #
  5. chdot
    Admin

    We’ve trawled through the picture archives to bring you nine of the best art deco building you can see in Auld Reekie today.

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/retro/9-amazing-photos-of-edinburghs-finest-art-deco-buildings-you-can-see-while-out-on-a-walk-3956890

    Not clear if any pix so old that any of the buildings don’t look the same…

    Posted 3 years ago #
  6. gembo
    Member

    Only the house on old Kirk road not known to me

    Of note, two in Craigmillar.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  7. chdot
    Admin

  8. chdot
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  9. chdot
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  10. chdot
    Admin

    Not Edinburgh

    Much-loved art deco outdoor pool facilities are expected to partly reopen this year.

    Two sections in the triple-pool lido – a boating pool and toddler pool – will open first, with the swimming facilities to follow once funding is secured.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20240123185817/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24065793.saved-art-deco-pools-pavilion-reopen-renovation/?dicbo=v2-1j5PQGL

    Posted 2 years ago #
  11. chdot
    Admin

    George, Porty

    Paywall

    VE Schwab aims to write new chapter for crumbling art deco cinema

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ve-schwab-aims-to-write-new-chapter-for-crumbling-art-deco-cinema-07b9q76fg

    https://thegeorge.org.uk

    Posted 2 years ago #
  12. chdot
    Admin

    Also added to the register are the former Odeon on Clerk Street and the former County Cinema in Portobello – two examples of Art Deco architecture.

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-buildings-risk-register-8772291?ref=edinburghminute.com

    Posted 1 month ago #
  13. chdot
    Admin


    Concerns are growing for its future. That inevitably includes the fear that the longer it sits empty the greater the risk it could fall prey to fire, like the White Elephant and a string of other historic buildings in Edinburgh and Glasgow in recent years.

    https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/could-empty-art-deco-cinema-become?publication_id=1719536&post_id=207197982

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

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