Art deco density: what we learned from Australia’s first apartment boom
about 9 months ago (02/10/2024)
Art deco density: what we learned from Australia’s first apartment boom | Housing | The Guardian Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to navigation ‘Invading suburbs which for years have been the pride of peaceful home-lovers,’ … Art deco apartment blocks on Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach in Sydney. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian View image in fullscreen ‘Invading suburbs which for years have been the pride of peaceful home-lovers,’ … Art deco apartment blocks on Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach in Sydney. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian Art deco density: what we learned from Australia’s first apartment boom Originally demonised, early 20th-century apartments in Australia’s capitals are now considered heritage treasures Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Almost 100 years ago Sydney was in dire peril from “the ravages of barbarians” – or so the newspaper reports would have had you believe.