Art Deco Walk

Have you always been keen to learn more about the origins of the Art Deco movement? Or have you found yourself wanting to explore Bloomsbury, one of London’s most vibrant areas, from a different angle? My walk – Art Deco in Bloomsbury: Architecture in the Machine Age – might just be the right thing for you then!

The former Daimler Car Hire garage on Herbrand Street.

Come explore Bloomsbury’s rich Art Deco heritage, including Charles Holden’s iconic Senate House, the former Daimler Car Hire garage and a reconverted petrol station. From sophisticated glamour to severe functionality, we shall make this architectural style roar again!

While I don’t want to give away all of the Art Deco secrets of this tour just yet, I can tell you that our route – as an added bonus – will also take us past a controversial Modernist icon, an Art Nouveau-style lodge as well as London’s first pedestrianized shopping street.

One of London’s most striking Art Deco buildings: Senate House.

Met with great enthusiasm from the public, this architectural walk of two hours had its premiere at the Bloomsbury Festival 2013. For a small taster of the tour, please check out blog features about the walk on The Londonphile, Emm in London as well as Quirky Travel:

• http://thelondonphile.com/2013/10/22/art-deco-bloomsbury/
• http://www.quirkytravel.com/cities/london/walking-london/

• http://www.emminlondon.com/2013/10/a-fabulous-art-deco-in-bloomsbury-tour.html
• http://helenography.net/2014/04/21/art-deco-tour-bloomsbur

• http://www.grange85.co.uk/swirling/2014/01/19/walk-art-deco-bloomsbury/
• http://www.janeslondon.com/2014/06/an-art-deco-walk-in-bloomsbury.html

• http://www.ipernity.com/doc/moley75/album/602013
• http://leighclothier.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/walks-i-have-walked.html

My tour was recently chosen by EventBrite as one of ’10 walking tours that won’t make you feel like a tourist’. I’m in very good company, so make sure to check out the list here:

• http://briteuk.tumblr.com/post/87707410419/10-walking-tours-that-wont-make-you-feel-like-a

The lovely Tina Bernstein, Vespa-loving designer and blogger extraordinaire at Colour Living, has also selected my Art Deco Tour for her ‘Alternative Gift Guide’. You’ll find my walk in the ‘Themed Walking Tours‘ section while gift vouchers are available on Eventbrite.

• http://colourliving.co.uk/the-alternative-gift-guide

Inside the lobby of Charles Holden’s iconic Senate House.

This tour is open to the general public as well as locals who want to learn more about Bloomsbury’s architectural history. The walk is fully accessible too. To check dates and buy tickets, please visit my Eventbrite page: http://artdecowalk.eventbrite.co.uk/. The meeting point for this tour is by the fountain in the middle of Russell Square, which is a 2 minutes walk from Russell Square Station (see map below).

If you have any more questions do not hesitate to get in touch with me either via Eventbrite or send me an email directly to: yannick.pucci[at]gmail.com. You can also find me on Twitter (@ypldn) where I am always up for a chat. This tour can also be booked as a private walk for groups and individuals.

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