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Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

and Moderne buildings in the

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

metropolitan area.

Office buildings

Alkira House Alkira House is a historic building in Melbourne, Australia. It is widely regarded as one of Melbourne’s most stunning examples of Art Deco architecture. Built in 1936 by architect, James Wardrop, Alkira House is located at 18 Queen Street. ...

, 18 Queen Street, Melbourne * Australasian Catholic Assurance Building, 118-126 Queen Street, Melbourne * Australian Natives' Association Building, 28-32 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne *

Buckley & Nunn Buckley & Nunn (also known as Buckley's) was a department store in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It first opened its doors in 1851 as a drapery store and, in its heyday, competed creditably as a department store with Myer (1900). It occupied ...

, 310 Bourke Street, Melbourne * Carlow House, 289 Flinders Lane, Melbourne * Century Building, 133 Swanston Street, Melbourne * Coles Store No 12, 299-307 Bourke Street, Melbourne * Commercial Union Chambers, 411 Collins Street, Melbourne * Commonwealth Bank, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne *

Majorca Building The Majorca Building is a neo-Romanesque, eight-storey tall building in Melbourne, Australia, designed and constructed between 1928 and 1930. Located at 258-260 Flinders Lane, it was designed by Harry Norris, one of the most prolific architects ...

, 55 Swanston St, Melbourne *

Manchester Unity Building The Manchester Unity Building is an Art Deco Gothic inspired office and retail building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, constructed in 1931–32 for the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows. The soaring stepped corner tower on a ...

, 291 Swanston Street, Melbourne * Newspaper House, 247 Collins Street, Melbourne * McPherson's Building, 546 Collins Street, Melbourne * Mitchell House, 352-362 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne *

Myer Emporium Myer (stylised MYER, sometimes known as Myers) is an Australian mid-range to upscale department store chain. It trades in all Australian states and one of Australia's two self-governing territories. Myer retails a broad range of products a ...

, 314-336 Bourke Street, Melbourne *

Trustees Executors & Agency Company Building Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility to t ...

, 401 Collins Street, Melbourne * Yule House, 309-311 Little Collins Street

Apartment and residential buildings

* Burnham Beeches, Sherbrooke Road, Sassafras * Glamis Towers, Loch Street, St Kilda * Holroyd court, St Kilda East *

Harry Winbush Harry Stephen Winbush (born 1903) was an architect and educator who practised in Melbourne, Australia. He is best known as the head of the architecture course at what is now RMIT University from 1943 to 1968. Early life Although Harry was born ...

's house at corner of Fletcher and Nicholson Streets, Essendon * Lissadurn (Australia) Lissadurn, Toorak Road, South Yarra * Coppin Court, Coppin Grove, Hawthorn

Cinemas and theatres

Capitol Theatre ceiling detail house left corner

* Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne *

Her Majesty's Theatre Her Majesty's Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Haymarket in the City of Westminster, London. The present building was designed by Charles J. Phipps and was constructed in 1897 for actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who established t ...

(Interior Only), 199-227 Exhibition Street, Melbourne *

Rivoli Cinemas Rivoli Cinemas (also known as Rivoli Theatre and New Rivoli Theatre) is an eight-screen Multiplex (movie theater), multiplex in the Hawthorn East, Victoria, Hawthorn East suburb of Melbourne. Noted for its Art Deco architecture, the cinema was ...

, 200 Camberwell Road, Melbourne (also known as Rivoli Theatre) * Sun Theatre,

Yarraville Yarraville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. Yarraville recorded a population of 15,636 at the . Yarraville i ...

The Astor Theatre The Astor Theatre is a classic, single-screen revival movie theatre located in the inner Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, that has a long and illustrious history. The site at 1-3 Chapel Street was first used for public entertainment in 1913 when ...

, St Kilda *

Palais Theatre The Palais Theatre (originally Palais Pictures) is a historic picture palace located in St Kilda, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. With a capacity of nearly 3,000 people, it is the largest seated theatre in Australia. Repl ...

, St Kilda

Public buildings and facilities

* Michael Tuck Stand,

Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...

Shrine of Remembrance The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly referred to as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but ...

, St Kilda Road, Melbourne - although designed in a neo-classical style, the building possesses a number of distinctive Art Deco features. *

Heidelberg Town Hall Heidelberg Town Hall is a civic building located on Upper Heidelberg Road in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is now more commonly known as The Centre Ivanhoe Opened in April 1937, the building was designed by architectural firm Pe ...

* Richmond Town Hall * Former Russell Street Police Headquarters, 336-376 Russell Street, Melbourne

Institutional buildings and facilities

Centenary Hall Centenary Hall is a building within the Melbourne central business district, Melbourne CBD in Victoria, Australia, on the corner of Exhibition Street, Exhibition and Little Collins Streets. Description Centenary Hall was designed by Hugh Philp a ...

, 104-110 Exhibition Street, Melbourne * Freemasons' Hospital, 166 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne *

Mac.Robertson Girls' High School , motto_translation = Mastery of self , established = , type = Government-funded single-sex selective secondary day school , principal = Sue Harrap , location = South Melbourne, Victoria , country = Australia , coordi ...

, 350 Kings Way, Albert Park * Mercy Hospital, 159 Grey Street, East Melbourne * Newman College, University of Melbourne, Parkville * Repatriation Commission Outpatient Clinic, 310 St Kilda Rd, Southbank

Hotels and pubs

Prince of Wales Hotel The Prince of Wales Hotel is a historic hotel located in Waterton, Alberta, Canada. It is situated within Waterton Lakes National Park, overlooking Upper Waterton Lakes. It was designed by and built for the Great Northern Railway company. It i ...

, St Kilda

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Art Deco buildings Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United ...