Art Deco Blocks - Tempe Bank, Sydney

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This design continues the Art Deco theme that I am exploring after the Bauhaus style. The size of these are 45mm x 45mm. Built in 1940 this double storeyed, cement rendered brick building in the familiar ‘Commonwealth Bank Art Deco’ style of the times, featured a ground floor banking chamber with a Manager’s residence on the first floor. An unusual feature of the design of the building, located at 838-840 Princes Highway in Tempe, was the three rounded external walls with glass brick windows and the flat roofs, one leading to a roof garden. This style of architecture evolved in the Architectural Branch of the Commonwealth Department of the Interior who were the main architects the Bank used for its building construction up the late 1950s. http://artdecoheritage.blogspot.com/2009/08/commonwealth-bank-tempe.html

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Urban Calamari
Over the last forty nine years I have held exhibitions and entered a variety of art competitions. However, my creative art skills have developed beyond the paintbrush, to encompass different mediums such as digital media, laser cut designs, non-linear editing and sculpture. Through my artwork I challenge myself to create imaginary worlds and iconic imagery. I am inspired by my local history and also I am a keen traveller journeying to explore world's architecture, art, history and landscape. Often I return with several sketchbooks and photographs that capture images I continue to develop in my artwork.

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