Our regular readers will know that we really enjoy vintage and retro design. From old record sleeves to cars, we love the look of something that appears to have travelled in time from the past. We recently got looking at vintage and retro architecture, particular from the 1970’s. There is something so memorable about 70’s inspired architecture, the hard edges and cold concrete mixed with chocolate and cream colours. No wonder so many modern buildings are starting to take inspiration from this era.

During some time spent trawling through blogs, websites and Flickr we found some excellent examples of vintage and retro architecture and thought we would share with you some of our favourites. Some are new builds and some are originals:

The final four images are copyright to Julius Shulman and are taken from his film ‘Visual Acoustics’ which documents his career in architectural photography. The film looks amazing and a trailer can be viewed here.

If, like us, you are interested in and take design inspiration from vintage and retro architecture, check out some of these excellent Flickr groups:

– Retro modern architecture and design

– 70’s architecture and design

Also, for more retro architecture be sure to check out FFFFound and Design Milk.

So what do you think of the retro inspired architecture featured? What do you take design inspiration from?

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Posted on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 at 10:27 am

Posted In Design Inspiration | Tags: Architecture, Retro