London Art Deco

The best of London Deco captured by Arnold Schwartzman and in the same style as his previous excellent 'Deco LAndmarks: Art Deco Gems of Los Angeles'. Both books work well because he took all the photos and so there is a consistency of color and composition. I thought one of the strengths of the LA book was the many photos of architectural detail work, whether inside a building or out and the same applies to this London edition.All types of Deco buildings are covered though very little of residential buildings (flats and individual houses) a good selection of these in the capital can be found in 'The Modern House Today' by Nick Dawe and Kenneth Powell. London Transport rightly gets a good showing with twenty photos and cinemas have a fine selection of detail that I bet passers-by never notice. One of the great Deco buildings in Britain is the Hoover Factory, opened between 1932 and 1937 and now a supermarket, though the owners Tesco, thankfully took the trouble to preserve all the original features. The amazing entrance suggests it might be the headquarters of Aztec Airways.Overall a handsomely produced book and a lovely tribute to London Deco.***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.

I love this book. It is full of fabulous photographs of Art Deco London, both of famous buildings like the Hoover Building and the Savoy, and of not sp obvious Art Deco sites, like Tube Stations and Walthamstow dog track. The photographs are great in that they also look at Art Deco sites in more detail - focusing on statues, carvings and signage as well as the actual building.This is a good guide to Art Deco, great if you are about to visit London and want to track down this sort of architecture.

Bought it as a gift for my Son. He loves Art Deco and as he is working in London for a few months I thought it would be perfect. He loves it.

This was bought as a present for my wife who is a fan of Art Deco in all it's forms. She tells me that despite that she already owns several books on the subject this one was still of great interest to her

My bro loves be it as it’s his birthday gift.