Streamline Moderne

Arts & decoration 1934

Baku, the publishing house. 1981

Great Railroads, 1936

Exposition Hall. Tacoma, WA. (1941)

Fenwick, Newcastle

Photographer Leah Frances

Tiong Bahru Estate Architect Alfred G. Church was entrusted with the design of Tiong Bahru between 1936 and 1941. His pre-war designs were a modified form of a style called Streamline Moderne, which was a late development of the Art Deco movement. Inspired largely by technology and the speed of modern travel, buildings were designed to look like automobiles, trains, ocean liners and aeroplanes, complete with the sweeping, streamlined and aerodynamic lines that were so characteristic of these forms of transport.

Some shots of the streamline moderne fire station in Columbus, IN I got a couple years ago

When I think of the future I’d like to see, these classy concepts from Arthur Radebaugh created in the 40s paint a lovely picture.

1933 Air King Model 66 Skyscraper