Join us as author of Modern Heritage, Cameron Bruhn takes us on a deep dive into Art Deco properties featured in the book followed by a Q&A session. Click here for more information and bookings.
Walking Tour – Modernist Melbourne, City East, 28 July 2024 @ 10.30 am
Join us for a tour of Modernist Melbourne in the east of the CBD, where we’ll see many buildings that show the significant changes made to the built environment of central Melbourne in the post WW2 period. Click here for more information and bookings.
Presentation – Lost in Palm Springs, 11 July 2024 @ 8.00 pm
Come along and hear from Dr Greer Honeywill is the author of Lost in Palm Springs and curator of the national touring exhibition Lost in Palm Springs,currently at the Art Gallery of Ballarat until 1 September 2024. Past Event
Walking Tour – Travancore, 30 June 2024 @ 10.00 am
The small inner-city suburb of Travancore was established by the subdivisions of a large pastoral estate in 1918 and the early 1920s. The area is bounded by Mount Alexander Road, Flemington Street, Baroda Street and the Moonee Ponds Creek and looked up to Royal Park (before the Tullamarine freeway). Past Event
Presentation – Industrial Designers and Art Deco Design – 2 May @ 8.00pm
Collector, photographer and author, Peter Sheridan explores the input of industrial designers to the Art Deco style, highlighting the work of Walter Dorwin Teague and Isamu Noguchi in the 1930s. This is a brand new lecture with fascinating insights into the story of Art Deco and images of pieces rarely seen. Thursday 2 May at Caulfield RSL, 4 St Georges …
Art Deco and Modernist Calendar 2024
The 2024 ADMSA Calendar – Collecting Art Deco Cost is $20 (pick-up/at events) or $25 (including postage within Australia). Overseas price available on application. Click to download the 2024 ADMSA Calendar Order Form Thank you for your support!
Post 2023 World Congress Presentation – 20 July 2023
The 16th World Congress on Art Deco: Modernism – Florida’s Hidden Treasures was held in April 2023. Attendees were treated to a celebration of Art Deco and Modernism that included guided tours, lectures, exhibits and events highlighting the early 20th Century architectural history and design treasures of Central Florida, Miami/Miami Beach and Palm Beach. ADMSA members will share their highlights, photographs and memories of …
Name Change
At the Annual General Meeting in October 2016, members voted to change the name of our society to Art Deco & Modernism Society of Australia, inc. (ADMSA) reflecting the fact that we have members from right across the country.
Town Hall, Horsham (Summer 2016)
We are delighted to report the official re-opening of the Horsham Town Hall. A few years ago, ADMS joined in with a group of dedicated locals in a successful preservation battle to retain the 1940 hall.
Asbestos House, Southbank (Summer 2016)
Another Harry Norris building has been demolished, this one on the corner of City Road and Clarendon Street, Southbank. Designed by Norris in 1936 as the headquarters for James Hardie and Co, it was named Asbestos House, as many of the major building products manufactured and sold by the firm contained asbestos. Of course, this was in the days when …