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The town of Napier, New Zealand was destroyed by earthquake in 1931. It was completely rebuilt within 2 years, in the art deco architectural style of the time.
Today new buildings and renovations are still carried out in that style, with the result that the whole city centre is remarkably architecturally consistent.
Here are a couple of examples of its buildings:

Mate that's awesome. Such beautiful architecture. I hope they don't have another big earthquake any time soon. It would be a sshame to lose all those 'modern' buildings.

Great pics.

Terrific shots Trevor - a good eye for the unusual. Your photos may be the only thing left after the next big rumble...they don't call them The Shaky Isles for nothing!

Mrs. Leek is an art-deco fanatic and keeps asking me to take her to Napier... One day we'll pop over... In the meantime, I'll show her your photos to keep her happy...

I can also recommend Miami Beach as a great place for art-deco buildings...

Thanx for your comments, guys.
Jo & I took a walking tour of Napier, with a terrific local volunteer guide who gave us lots of fascinating info about the town, the architects, and the rebuilding process.
I can well recommend it for a visit. The town is in the middle of the Hawkes Bay region, which has plenty of wonderful Kiwi wineries to visit, as well as one of the largest gannet colonies in the world.
Each year in February, they have an Art Deco festival, and the place fills with visitors from all over. The photography opportunities during that week would be remarkable.

Nice photos Love to see different sorts of architecture. Pity Melbourne doesn't have as much variety...either that or I haven't found the right places. Already been to the city, brunswick, fitzroy area and they're all pretty much the same

Just a dumb question...with the third photo is it the buildling that's not straight (either from damage or architecture) or the lens? The right side windows and pillars are vertical but the left side isn't...it's on an angle?

PiroStitch wrote:Just a dumb question...with the third photo is it the buildling that's not straight (either from damage or architecture) or the lens? The right side windows and pillars are vertical but the left side isn't...it's on an angle?

Not a dumb question at all, Piro.
It is an example of distortion from a wide angle lens. I used my 12-24 DX here, at 12mm probably. Distortion is emphasized when the camera is not square to the subject. It can usually be adjusted in PP, but in this case, I thought it made the building look rather like a fan.

Thanks for clearing that up I thought it was part of the architecture as it does look really interesting.

Of the 4 pics my favourite is #3 is it is more in line with pure art deco - but overall they are all nicely executed shots.

Yes, true enough Chris.
Some of the buildings are Spanish Mission, like #2 for example.
Interestingly, the Public Trust building (#4) predates the earthquake - it was the only bulding to survive intact.