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    • 07 Jun 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • Zoom presentation
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    This lecture by Bruce Peter, Professor of Design History at The Glasgow School of Art, will show how Art Deco became a significant phenomenon in architecture and design in Scotland during the inter-war era. It will begin with a brief overview of the development of architecture and the decorative arts in Scotland since the mid-nineteenth century, showing how both continental and American innovations affected their progress. Glasgow in particular had strong trade and cultural links with the USA and the “Chicago School” was highly influential in the latter nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

    The second part of the lecture will focus on the categories of building types and designed objects through which Art Deco was experienced — public buildings, housing, commercial buildings, and transport, including the interiors of ocean liners. The lecture is visually stimulating and richly illustrated.

    Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age may be ordered from the publisher— stor.scot/collections/books-stationery — or Amazon.com, either the US or UK site depending on where you live.

    Bruce Peter (b. 1974) is Professor of Design History at The Glasgow School of Art. He is a graduate of the GSA, The Royal College of Art,and the University of Glasgow. His PhD, entitled “Form Follows Fun: Modernism and Modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 1925–1940” was published by Routledge. Appointed by the GSA in 2002, he is the author of nearly fifty further books on various aspects of modern architecture, design, and transport history. He resides in Edinburgh.


NEWS


    The Chicago Art Deco Society is honored to announce that we have been selected to host the 2027 International Coalition of Art Deco Societies World Congress 

    ICADS NEWS

    October 2023

    2027 WORLD CONGRESS ON ART DECO HOST CITY ANNOUNCED:

    CHICAGO, HERE WE COME!


    We are pleased to report that Chicago has been selected as the host of the 2027 World Congress on Art Deco! Chicago has a rich architectural heritage including stellar examples of Art Deco. It was also home to the Century of Progress World's Fair in 1933-34, one of the defining events of the movement. Ideas for Pre- and Post-Congresses include Milwaukee, Wisconsin as well as visits to Racine, Wisconsin and Oak Park, Illinois to see the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. We look forward to working with the Chicago Art Deco Society as plans evolve for the 2027 World Congress.

     

    EVENT PHOTOS

    Exhibit of Albert Kner materials provided by his family
    Lara Alison, Jack Weiss, and speaker Robert Brooker
    Lara Alison, Jackie Vossler, Jack Weiss, and speaker Robert Brooker
    Steve Frenkel, grandson of Albert Kner, speaks with event attendee
    Speaker Robert Brooker, Jackie Vossler, Joe Loundy, and Jack Weiss
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