Tag: House Number

Art Deco era street number

Valentin Mandache
Street number dating from mid 1930s affixed on the wall of an Art Deco style house from the Dorobanti area of Bucharest. (©Valentin Mandache)

This is a good quality example of architectural lettering from the Art Deco era, still bravely surviving on the wall of a quite run down Bucharest house. I like how the designer combined reduced to essence shapes like squares and semicircles to create that beautiful Art Deco style artefact. A few months ago I published on this blog a photomontage of another few examples of Art Deco street numbers encountered on Bucharest’s houses that can be accessed by clicking here.

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I endeavor through this series of daily articles to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural history and heritage.

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If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in sourcing the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog.

Art Deco Era House Numbers

Valentin Mandache
House numbers dating from Bucharest's Art Deco era. (©Valentin Mandache)

The house numbers presented in the montage above adorn a series of Art Deco buildings in central areas of Bucharest and date from 1929 to late 1930s. I like the futuristic shape of the example positioned in the middle of the image. The house numbers through their interesting design and the sense of modernity that they manage to exude constitute veritable Art Deco statements in their own right.

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I endeavor through this daily series of images and small articles to inspire appreciation of the historic houses of Romania, a virtually undiscovered, but fascinating chapter of European architectural history and heritage.

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If you plan acquiring a historic property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to advice you in sourcing the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog.