Art Deco Home "Basro" - Launceston

This delightful home has influences from the Art Deco Bungalow style and English cottage style and is what I like to refer to as the earlier period of the art deco movement, as opposed to the Streamline period.

Many of the suburbs of Launceston,Hobart,Burnie and Devonport are filled with Art Deco & Modernist designs. This home retains its original timber window details and has interesting main entrance detailing which is off set well against the red brick.

Mid 20th Century Design Adaptive Reuse - Launceston

Always love to see mid 20th Century design that is so often overlooked and undervalued appreciated and adaptively reused. This example in Launceston still operates businesses on the lower floors, but the upper floors have been opened up and made into inner city apartment living. This is a wonderful example of what needs to happen more to stop urban sprawl and to keep cities vibrant places.

Post War Home Architecture - Launceston

What an example of mid 20th Century home design. It has all the trademarks of the period including those wonderful balustrade "wave" details upon which you walk over a concrete overhang to get to the top floor. Who also couldn't miss the garage, complete with porthole windows. The upper level windows are typical 1950/60s style, being observable by the pattern of timber and glass in rectangle and square forms. Top this off with a clean cut and well maintained lawn and concrete driveway and it's the perfect recipe for mid 20th Century Tasmanian design!

Art Deco & Modernism Architecture Tasmania is thinking of compiling a "best of Art Deco & Modernism homes of Tasmania" to feature on the blog, what do you think of this idea?

Stunning Back Alley Deco Detailing - Launceston

Every now and again I am struck where Modernist design can be found. Such was the case with this wonderful chrome door detailing in Launceston.
The main building was built in the Victorian period, built around the 1930/40s the side entry door down a small alleyway was added and has many Art Deco features including a motif that wouldn't like out of place on a period car and door lock that are all still in tact. It always makes me smile when I find such hidden gems.

The Bridge of 1960 - Mid 20th Century Overpass Design

The Post War period heralded the boom in people being able to own their own cars, and as a result there was the need to build roads, highways and overpasses and multi-story car parks to cope with the insatiable demands of independent travel.
This overpass footbridge that spans a dual lane highway in Tasmania is typical of the period. Raw concrete and steel frame balustrades are the main features and they provide a simple effective means of getting from one side to the other. This pedestrian bridge has a slight arch, enhancing it's overall visual impact.