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    London Deco: Introduction
    London Deco: Introduction
    London Deco: Introduction
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    London Deco: Introduction

    By Gregory Edwards

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    'London Deco: Introduction' is an essential introductory volume for the London Deco series of ebooks by Gregory Edwards, and published by Hidden City Publishing. In 'London Deco: Introduction' there are attempts to answer the questions: “Why is London not Regarded as an Art Deco City?” and, at least as far as London is concerned, “What Makes a Building Art Deco?”. It also has a directory of British Art Deco Artists and Designers. This ebook introduces 'London Deco: Offices', 'London Deco: Residences Part 1, Suburbia' and 'London Deco: Residences Part 2, Central London.' These profusely illustrated ebooks tell about the tremendous amount of Art Deco architecture scattered far and wide across London, and will delight anyone interested in this subject. Wherever possible addresses and British postcodes are provided to make it possible to locate the buildings presented.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGregory Edwards
    Release dateNov 22, 2015
    ISBN9781310076237
    London Deco: Introduction
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    Gregory Edwards

    I love to write poetry in my spare time, which generally consists of sitting on trains going in and out of central London. In addition to writing poetry, my work is concerned with art and the urban environment. I call this theme ‘The Decorated City’, and I am dedicated to increasing awareness of how important it is for urban dwellers to have a beautiful and inspiring environment, and not simply empty walls of concrete and brick.My first printed book ‘Hidden Cities,’ (1991) was a book about history, art and design in architectural details, and was published by Vancouver Canada publisher Talonbooks. I researched and wrote the text, designed the book, and shot all of the 371 photographs in it. ‘Hidden Cities’ won a City of Vancouver Heritage Award for 1992. It was also a nominee for the Vancouver Book Award. You can still find it on Amazon.In 1994 I moved to London where I have lived, worked and studied for over twenty years. During this time I have exhibited photographs of Art Deco architecture on numerous occasions, and given talks about London’s Art Deco architecture. From 2006-2012 I also had a website called ‘London Deco’.In September 2014 I published the first volume of a series of ebooks: ‘London Deco: Offices’. This was the first publication dedicated to exclusively examine the city’s considerable number of Art Deco office buildings, most of them in central London. This ebook has over three hundred photographs in it, and includes sections devoted to buildings that no longer exist, and also on contemporary ones which reference Art Deco. This was only available from Apple, but has now been translated to Smashwords, albeit in two volumes due to the high number of photos in it.This was followed by ‘London Deco: Residences – Part 1 Suburbia’ and some time later with ‘London Deco: Residences – Part 2 Central London’. These two ebooks effectively divide the tremendous number of Art Deco apartments – ‘blocks of flats’ to Londoners – into outer and inner segments which in turn each revolved West - North - East - South. With these two volumes a broad survey is presented, showing the many forms of Art Deco flats constructed in the Greater London area, mainly in the 1930s, but sometimes later. Both feature hundreds of photographs, many in single album frames. At this point only available from Apple.Another work, ‘London Deco: Introduction’ is available as a free download. All of these books can be located by searching for ‘gregory edwards london deco’. This is available from Apple too, but also from Smashwords for non-Apple users.Art and poetry activities have so far resulted in ‘Stay Up Late’ which is a collection of science-fiction and fantasy poems available from Smashwords and Apple. I have recently published a new work, an illustrated collection of poems called: ‘Rotten Rhymes’. This is intended to be fun, light reading with the occasional bite of comment on life.

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      London Deco - Gregory Edwards

      London Deco: Introduction

      Art Deco Architecture In the UK capital

      by Gregory Edwards

      © 2015 Published by Hidden City Publishing at Smashwords

      London Deco: Introduction

      By Gregory Edwards

      'Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purcha se it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      1. To Begin

      2. Defining Art Deco

      3. Why is London not regarded as an Art Deco city?

      4. British Art Deco?

      5. What Makes a Building Art Deco?

      6. British Art Deco Artists and Designers

      Sculptors

      Ceramicists

      Furniture Designers

      Ornament

      About Gregory Edwards

      1. To Begin

      Beginning back in the mid 1990s, the London Deco project grew out of a gradual attempt to catalogue the city’s countless manifestations of Art Deco architecture. A decade later it germinated in a series of photographic exhibitions on the subject, and a website that was up until 2012 from which some parts of this introduction have been taken.

      Now three volumes of a series dedicated to specific themes have been published. The first, London Deco: Offices has mainly buildings from the centre of the city. The second has been divided into two parts: London Deco: Residences Part 1, Suburbia and London Deco: Residences Part 2, Central London. The intention of this series is to bring into focus the extensive number of mid-war buildings in the greater London area, and to show how various aspects of Art Deco have manifest themselves here. It aims to serve as a guide in discovering this hidden heritage, and in finding the many buildings that are still present in the city after nearly a century of change and development, as well as documenting some of those that have been lost. It also aims to present both precursors and contemporary architecture that show the influence of the style.

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