Despite its reputation as an international city, Sydney was one of the last in the western world to embrace the modern outlook of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. The progressive aesthetics of the art deco style, however, did eventually permeate the colonial sensibilities of the harbour city, and can be seen by keen observers from the CBD to the suburbs. Now, photographer and art deco specialist Peter Sheridan has published a book, Sydney Art Deco, with over 400 pages of photographs and stories that serve as both a history and visual guide to the houses, apartment blocks, public facilities and government buildings that make up Sydney’s contribution to art deco heritage. Here are just a few of them
• Sydney Art Deco by Peter Sheridan is available now
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