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Art Deco Scotland

‘Glamorous super-cinemas, flat-roofed villas, luxurious ocean liners, fashion boutiques, railway posters, tramcars, hydro-electric power stations, patterned linoleum, pithead baths and an Empire Exhibition: these were just some of the many diverse Scottish manifestations of the interwar modern design styles that since the late 1960s have been collectively defined as representing Art Deco.’

Art Deco Scotland by Bruce Peter is the latest release from Historic Environment Scotland showcasing Scotland’s place within this artistic moment in building, transport and interior design. It’s a fascinating book full of fantastic images, and we’d like to share some with your now.

 

Art Deco Scotland
By Bruce Peter
Published by Historic Environment Scotland

 

Russell Institute, Paisley
James Steel Maitland of Abercrombie and Maitland, 1927
Bruce Peter

 

Dick Place, Edinburgh
William Kininmonth, 1933
Courtesy of Thelma Ewing (top); Bruce Peter (bottom left); Bruce Peter Collection (bottom right)

 

Bennie Railplane Poster
WCN, McCorquodale & Co, 1930
Bruce Peter Collection

 

 

Fountainbridge Library, Edinburgh
John Alexander William Grant, 1940
Bruce Peter

 

Top image
South Cascade, Tower of Empire & Garden Club, Empire Exhibition
Thomas S Tait of Sir John Burnet Tait & Lorne and Launcelot Ross, 1938
Bottom image
Statue of St Andrew in the Scotland (South) Pavilion, Empire Exhibition
Archibald Dawson, 1938
Courtesy of Ian Johnston

 

The Regal, Bathgate
Andrew D Haxton, 1938
Bruce Peter

 

Former Bereseford Hotel, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
William Beresford Inglis of Weddell & Inglis, 1938
Bruce Peter

 

Pitlochry Dam and Power Station, Pitlochry
James Williamson & Partners and Harold Ogle Tarbolton, 1950
Bruce Peter Collection (top); HES SC914038 (bottom left); HES SC914023 (bottom right)

 

Top image
First Class Mall, Empress of Britain
Percy Angelo Staynes, Albert Henry Jones and Maurice Grieffenhagen, 1931
Bottom image
Cathay Lounge, Empress of Britain
Edmund Dulac, 1931
Bruce Peter Collection

 

Nardini’s, Greenock Road, Largs
Charles James Davidson and George Veitch Davidson, 1935 (renovated in 2008)
Bruce Peter

 

Art Deco Scotland by Bruce Peter is published by Historic Environment Scotland, priced £30.00

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