9th World Congress on Art Deco

In April 2007, the Art Deco Society will host the 9th World Congress on Art Deco in Melbourne. The 2007 Congress will be held from Monday 16 April to Friday 20 April, 2007.

A World Congress is held at a nominated city around the world every two years, allowing Art Deco enthusiasts to hear presentations by experts, go on tours of Art Deco highlights around the host city and attend social events.

Details of the Congress can be found at the Art Deco Society website.

A pre-Congress event is being held in Canberra from 12-14 April. Organised by the Twentieth Century Heritage Society of New South Wales, the well-packed three-day program will look at a wide range of Canberra landmark buildings, from East Block (John Smith Murdoch, 1925) and Old Parliament House (John Smith Murdoch, 1927) through to the Academy of Science (Roy Grounds, 1959) and the National Gallery of Australia (Colin Madigan, 1982).

The program will also tour residential areas, passing a number of important modernist houses like the Whitley House in Braddon and the house at 43 Melbourne Avenue, Forrest designed by Malcolm Moir in 1935.

For more details, visit the Twentieth Century Heritage Society of New South Wales website.