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12 September 2018
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A spotter’s guide to Art Deco architecture

The bold, geometric, decorative look of Art Deco originated in France in the 1920s.Read more

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Designed in a Flemish and Renaissance style by William Hale & Son, @moseleyrdbaths opened in 1907 to accompany the existing library (which is also listed) and is described as ‘epitomising the civic pride of the period’. Many of the original fixtures remain and local campaigners are working to ensure its future is secured.
Birmingham was granted city status on the 14 January, 1889. The city was devastated by bombing during World War II, targeted for its manufacturing of planes, vehicles and arms. It was the second most heavily bombed city in the UK, with more than 12,000 homes destroyed. Over 4,000 temporary homes, or prefabs, were erected at sites across the city as part of the Temporary Housing (Emergency Factory Made Homes) programme. These detached prefab homes in Moseley were built from cream corrugated sheeting, with a corrugated pitched roof. Although only supposed to last for 10 years, many are still standing today and 16 of the prefabs in Wake Green Road were listed at Grade II in 1998.
Birmingham was granted city status on the 14 January, 1889. In April 1913 two windows were forced open at the Old Grammar School in Kings Norton but no fire was set. A message on the blackboard read ‘Two Suffragists have entered here, but charmed with this old-world room, have refrained from their design of destruction.’ The Old Grammar School is Grade II* Listed.
The Grade II listed Park Royal Station opened in 1931 and was designed by Welch & Lander. The Streamline Moderne shows obvious influences from the architect Charles Holden, who was responsible for some of the most iconic stations of the era.

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