Australian Non-residential Architectural Styles

Australian non-residential architectural styles are a set of Australian architectural styles that apply to buildings used for purposes other than residence and have been around only since the first colonial government buildings of early European settlement of Australia in 1788.

Their distribution follows closely the establishment and growth of the different colonies of Australia, in that the earliest colonial buildings can be found in New South Wales and Tasmania.

The classifications set out below are derived from a leading Australian text.

Old Colonial Period (1788)

* Old Colonial Georgian; Old Colonial Regency; Old Colonial Grecian; Old Colonial Gothic Picturesque

Old Colonial Georgian

File:Hyde Park Barracks Sydney exterior.jpg, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney; completed in 1819; designed by Francis Greenway.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 25
File:St James Anglican Church - Sydney NSW (12865646023).jpg, St James' Church, Sydney completed 1824.
File:St Matthews Anglican Church, Windsor, New South Wales 03.jpg, St Matthew's Anglican Church, Windsor. Completed 1820.
File:Uwsparra1.JPG, Former Female Orphan School; Parramatta. Completed 1818.
File:86 - St. Luke's Anglican Church - St Luke's Anglican Church (5045188b1).jpg, St Luke's Anglican Church, Liverpool. Completed 1820; designed by Francis Greenway.
File:Liverpool TAFE.jpg, Old Liverpool Hospital (main block). Completed 1822; designed by Francis Greenway.
File:(1)St Peters Anglican Church Campbelltown.jpg, St Peter's Anglican Church, Campbelltown; completed 1823.
File:The-Windmill-1.JPG, The Old Windmill, Brisbane; completed 1824; Brisbane's oldest building
File:The St. Thomas' Church - Taken on the Tuesday, 27th October 2010 at 2-20pm. - panoramio.jpg, St Thomas' Anglican Church, Port Macquarie. 1827
File:King Street Court House, Sydney.jpg, Greenway Wing (Supreme Court of New South Wales) Sydney; completed 1828; designed by Francis Greenway
File:Macquarie House - Warehouse (25837909860).jpg, Macquarie House, Launceston. Completed 1830.

Old Colonial Regency

File:Parliament house sydney nsw b..jpg, Parliament House, Sydney, Completed 1816
File:Sydney Mint, May 2021.jpg, Sydney Mint, Completed 1816
File:Sydney Grammar School-Front view.jpg, Sydney Grammar School, Completed 1835. Northern and southern extensions completed in the 1850s
File:Old King's School - Parramatta, NSW (7822292122).jpg, Old King's School, Parramatta. Completed 1833
File:Lord Nelson Hotel and Former Oswald Bond and Free Store on the corner of Kent Street and Argyle Place, Millers Point.jpg, Lord Nelson Hotel, Millers Point, Sydney, Completed 1835.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 29
File:Hero of Waterloo Hotel - Miller's Point, Sydney, NSW (7875805518).jpg, Hero of Waterloo Hotel, Millers Point, completed 1844
File:Orient Hotel - The Rocks, Sydney, NSW (7875752108).jpg, Orient Hotel, The Rocks, Completed 1844.
File:Oldstjames.JPG, St James Old Cathedral. King Street, Melbourne, 1839–1849, resited 1914. One of Melbourne's oldest surviving buildings.

Early Colonial Classical

File:Darlinghurst Court House, Darlinghurst, 13.jpg, Darlinghurst Courthouse, Taylor Square. Completed 1844.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 33
File:Berrima NSW 2577, Australia - panoramio (21).jpg, alt=, Berrima Courthouse, Berrima. Completed in 1838.
File:St Georges, Battery Point.jpg, St George's Anglican Church, Battery Point; completed 1836; steeple and portico from 1841.
File:Hartley courthouse.JPG, Hartley Courthouse, Hartley; completed 1836.

Early Colonial Gothic Picturesque

File:St Johns Cathedral-2.jpg, St John's Cathedral, Parramatta. Completed in 1802, towers added in 1819
File:Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Conservatorium Road, Sydney, New South Wales (2011-03-09).jpg, The former government stables, now the Sydney Conservatorium of Music; completed in 1821.
File:(1) St Patricks Church 1.JPG, St Patrick's Church, The Rocks; completed 1840.
File:StJamesChurch.JPG, St James' Anglican Church, Morpeth; completed in 1840
File:Adelaide gaol tower.jpg, Adelaide Gaol, Northern Parklands, Adelaide. Completed 1841.
File:Holy Trinity Anglican Church - "The Garrison Church" - Miller's Point, Sydney, NSW (7875836738).jpg, Garrison Church, Sydney; completed in 1846
File:StPTower.jpg, St Peter's Church, Eastern Hill Melbourne; completed in 1846

Victorian period ()

The Victorian period, generally aligned with the reign of Queen Victoria, covers the period from to and comprises fifteen styles, all prefaced by the word "Victorian", and are namely, in loose chronological order, Georgian, Regency, Egyptian, Academic Classical, Free Classical, Filigree, Mannerist, Second Empire, Italianate, Romanesque, Byzantine, Academic Gothic, Free Gothic, Tudor, Rustic Gothic, and Carpenter Gothic.

Victorian Georgian

An extension and continuation of the Old Colonial Georgian style into the Victorian era.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 42-45 Georgian style houses built before c.1840 are characterised as Old Colonial Georgian, while buildings between c.1840 and c.1890 are characterised as Victorian Georgian. Both styles are essentially the same, being characterised by symmetrical facades, simple rectangular and prismatic shapes, and orderliness. Six and eight paned windows were common.

File:Albury Court House.jpg, Albury Court House, Albury; built 1860; Palladian-style
File:SydneyTheRocks2 gobeirne.jpg, Campbell's Stores, The Rocks; built 1850–1861
File:Freo prison WMAU gnangarra-131.jpg, Fremantle Prison, Fremantle; built 1850–57.

Victorian Regency

As with Victorian Georgian architecture, the Victorian Regency style was a continuation of the Old Colonial Regency style into the Victorian era (c.1840 – c.1890). A more elegant and refined form of the Georgian style.
File:Old Government House, Brisbane 02.jpg, Old Government House, Brisbane; completed 1862
File:Riverview St Ignatius College 1.JPG, Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, Sydney
File:(1)Sydney School of Arts Pitt Street.jpg, Sydney School of Arts building, 1861
File:(1)Prince of Wales Hospital.jpg, Edmund Blacket Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
File:Rockpool.jpg, Rockpool, The Rocks
File:103 George Street, The Rocks 1.jpg, 103 George Street, The Rocks

Victorian Egyptian

File:Hobart Synagogue5.jpg, Hobart Synagogue, Tasmania (1845).Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 51
File:Commonwealth Bank building Wharf St, Murwillumbah, 01.jpeg, Commonwealth Bank building, Murwillumbah
File:Launceston, Synagoge.jpg, Launceston Synagogue (1846).
File:Egyptian Temple (Masonic Lodge) (31621806573).jpg, Masonic Centre, Adelaide. (1858)
File:Hyde Park Obelisk.JPG, Obelisk at junction of Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets, Sydney.
File:Hyde Park Obelisk Design.jpg, Obelisk, Sydney, detail

Victorian Academic Classical

File:Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydnay, 2021, 12.jpg, alt=, Art Gallery of New South Wales; completed in 1897
File:Australian Museum - Joy of Museums - External.jpg, Australian Museum, Sydney; completed in 1857
File:InterContinental Sydney, 117 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales (2011-06-06).jpg, Treasury Building, Sydney. Completed 1851
File:City Hall, Geelong-Victoria-Australia, 2007.jpg, Geelong Town Hall. Designed 1855; completed 1917.
File:Vic State Library Facade Pano,19.07.06 edit1.jpg, State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne; completed 1856
File:Ac.parlthousemelb.jpg, Parliament House, Melbourne; completed 1856.
File:Former baptist church house east melbourne.jpg, Former Baptist Church House, East Melbourne; completed 1863
File:Launceston Town Hall 001.JPG, Launceston Town Hall, Launceston, Tasmania; .Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 52-53
File:Melbourne Trades Hall entrance.jpg, Melbourne Trades Hall; completed 1875
File:Old State Library of Queensland Building, 2021.jpg, Old State Library Building, Brisbane; completed 1879
File:South Melbourne Townhall.jpg, South Melbourne Town Hall, South Melbourne. Completed 1880.
File:NSW Club House building on Bligh Street.jpg, NSW Club House building; Sydney. Completed 1884.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 55
File:Customs House, Sydney, 2023 02.jpg, Customs House, Sydney; completed in 1887
File:Former hibernian hall swanston street melbourne.jpg, Former Hibernian Hall, Melbourne; completed 1887.
File:Adelaide parliament house.JPG, Parliament House, Adelaide; completed in 1889
File:St Kilda Town Hall, jjron, 23.10.2011.jpg, St Kilda Town Hall; completed 1890
File:Carrington House (Masonic Hall) Bathurst NSW.jpg, Carrington House; Bathurst. Completed 1890
File:Sydney University 160619 Pharmacy and bank building - gnangarra.jpg, Sydney Pharmacy School, Camperdown.

Victorian Free Classical

File:North Adelaide Congregational Church, Australia.jpg, North Adelaide Congregational Church; built between in 1860–72Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 57
File:General Post Office, Sydney.jpg, General Post Office, Sydney; built between 1866–91 and 1910 in the Free Classical and Italian Renaissance stylesApperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 58
File:Orange Post Office, Summer St, Orange NSW 01.jpg, Orange Post Office. Completed 1879
File:AlburyPostOffice.JPG, Albury Post Office, Albury. Completed 1880
File:Bathurst Courthouse.jpg, Bathurst Courthouse, Bathurst. Completed 1880
File:Grahame's Corner, 142-144 Pitt Street, Sydney.jpg, Grahame's Corner, Sydney. Completed 1882
File:Gardiner House c.1885.jpg, Gardiner House, Sydney. 1885
File:FremantleTownHall1 gobeirne.jpg, Fremantle Town Hall; built between 1885–87
File:GoulburnCourtHouse.JPG, Goulburn Court House; built between 1885–87 and demonstrating Palladian concepts and Mannerist influences
File:Newtown School of the Arts.JPG, St Georges Hall, Newtown. Completed 1887
File:Railway station.jpg, Ballarat railway station; completed in 1888
File:Victoria hotel albert park.jpg, Victoria Hotel in , Victoria; completed 1888
File:Old Customs House, Brisbane.jpg, Customs House, Brisbane; completed 1889
File:North Sydney Post Office 2.jpg, North Sydney Post Office; completed 1889
File:Fitzroy Town Hall 01a.jpg, Fitzroy Town Hall, Melbourne; completed in 1890
File:Paddington Town Hall.JPG, Paddington Town Hall, Sydney; built between 1890-91
File:(1) Dept of Lands 4.JPG, Department of Lands building, in Bridge Street, Sydney, constructed between 1876 and 1892.
File:Pinnacle House, 2-6 Barrack Street, in the Sydney.jpg, Pinnacle House, Sydney. Completed 1892
File:1 Royal Naval House.JPG, Royal Naval House, Sydney. Completed 1890s
File:SydneyBuilding0002.jpg, Hong Kong House, Sydney central business district

Victorian Filigree

File:CBC Bank building, Narrandera, NSW, 2022.jpg, alt=Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Bank Building, Narrandera. Built 1884–1885. 9'' Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Bank Building'', Narrandera. Built 1884–1885.
File:Botany Sir Joseph Banks Park Hotel.JPG, alt=Old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany. Italianate Filigree style completed c.1884. 0'' Old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel'', Botany. Italianate Filigree style completed c.1884.
File:Reids coffee palace ballarat.jpg, ''Reid's Coffee Palace'', Ballarat; completed 1886
File:Rockhampton Railway Administration Building (former) (2008).jpg, alt=Railway Administration Building, Rockhampton. Built 1886. 1'' Railway Administration Building'', Rockhampton. Built 1886.
File:Christmas decorations at Regatta Hotel, Brisbane, 2020.jpg, ''Regatta Hotel'', Brisbane, present building constructed in 1886. Richard Gailey, architect.
File:Eveleigh Chief Mechanical Engineer's office 5.jpg, ''Chief Mechanical Engineer's office'', Eveleigh; built 1887.
File:London Chartered Bank of Australia Building, Bourke, 2021, 01.jpg, London Chartered Bank of Australia Building, Bourke. Completed 1888.
File:Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley.JPG, alt=Empire Hotel, Fortitude Valley. Built in 1888 by Smith and Ball. Richard Gailey, architect. 2'' Empire Hotel'', Fortitude Valley. Built in 1888 by Smith and Ball. Richard Gailey, architect.
File:Palace Hotel, Broken Hill NSW.jpg, alt=Palace Hotel, Broken Hill. Erected 1889. 3Alfred Dunn, architect., '' Palace Hotel'', Broken Hill. Erected 1889. Alfred Dunn, architect.
File:Goodman's Buildings.jpg, Goodman's Buildings, Annandale, constructed in stages between 1890–1912.

Victorian Mannerist

Notable examples in Australia include: Culwulla Chambers (Sydney); Old Police Station, The Rocks Block Arcade (Melbourne); Stalbridge Chambers (Melbourne), National Bank Pall Mall (Bendigo); RESI Chambers (Melbourne); Lygon Buildings, Medley Hall (Carlton, Victoria); Former Money Order Post Office and Savings Bank (Melbourne); Mutual Store (Melbourne);

File:Mutual store flinders street melbourne.jpg, Former Mutual Store, Flinders Street, Melbourne; completed 1891
File:Stalbridge chambers little collins street.jpg, Stalbridge Chambers, Little Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1891
File:Medley hall.jpg, Benvenuta, Carlton, Victoria; completed 1893
File:JB Hi Fi - 282 Chapel Street, Prahran.jpg, Prahran Arcade, Chapel Street, completed 1890
File:Lygon buildings carlton victoria.jpg, Lygon Buildings, Lygon Street, Melbourne; completed 1888
File:Pitt Street Mall, Sydney 02.jpeg, Strand Arcade, Sydney; Completed in 1892
File:Culwulla Chambers, Sydney.jpg, Culwulla Chambers, Sydney; completed in 1912
File:The Sydney Club, 122 Pitt Street.jpg, The Sydney Club, Sydney. Completed 1887
File:York Street, Sydney.jpg, 73 York Street, Sydney (right hand side). Completed 1890s
File:Agincourt Hotel, Chippendale.JPG, Agincourt Hotel; Chippendale. Completed 1898
File:Cooma NSW courthouse.jpg, Cooma courthouse; Cooma

Victorian Second Empire

Notable examples include: Sydney Town Hall (Sydney); Hotel Windsor (Melbourne); Princess Theatre (Melbourne); Former Records Office (Melbourne); Melbourne General Post Office (Melbourne); Melbourne Town Hall (Melbourne); East Melbourne Synagogue (East Melbourne, Victoria); Royal Exhibition Building (Carlton, Victoria); Collingwood Town Hall (Collingwood, Victoria); South Melbourne Town Hall (South Melbourne, Victoria); Malvern Town Hall (Malvern, Victoria); Former Rechabite Hall (Prahran, Victoria); Brunswick Town Hall (Brunswick, Victoria); Camberwell Town Hall (Camberwell, Victoria); Bendigo Town Hall (Bendigo, Victoria); Shamrock Hotel (Bendigo Victoria); Bendigo Courthouse (Bendigo, Victoria); Bendigo Post Office (Bendigo, Victoria); Institute of Technology (Bendigo, Victoria); Queensland Parliament House (Brisbane)

File:Parliamenthousebrisbane.JPG, Parliament House, Brisbane; completed 1868
File:Kewasylumcurrent.jpg, Kew Asylum, Kew; completed 1871
File:East melbourne synagogue.jpg, East Melbourne Synagogue. East Melbourne; completed 1877
File:Royal exhibition building tulips straight.jpg, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne; completed 1880
File:Melbourne Windsor Hotel Front.jpg, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne; completed 1883
File:Melbourne Princess Theatre Feb 2013.jpg, Princess Theatre, Melbourne; completed 1886
File:Melbourne general post office.jpg, General Post Office; completed 1887
File:Prahran rechabite hall.jpg, Former Rechabite Hall, Prahran completed 1888
File:Malvern town hall.jpg, Malvern Town Hall, Malvern; completed 1890
File:BendigoTownHall2.JPG, Bendigo Town Hall, Bendigo; completed 1885
File:Bendigo post office.jpg, Bendigo Post Office, Bendigo; completed 1892
File:Bendigo courthouse.jpg, Bendigo Court House, Bendigo; completed 1892
File:Shamrock hotel bendigo.jpg, Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo; completed 1897
File:Healesvillegrandhotel07.jpg, Grand Hotel, Healesville
File:Colonial Secretary's Building, Sydney.jpg, Chief Secretary's Building, Sydney. Completed 1886. Also displays Victorian Free Classical architectural traits
File:Sydney Town Hall 2 (30132804264).jpg, Sydney Town Hall. Completed 1889
File:2020-10-07 The Exchange, former Post Office, in Dubbo.jpg, alt=, Dubbo Post Office, Dubbo
File:Waterloo Town Hall.JPG, Waterloo Town Hall, Waterloo, New South Wales, with Victorian Italianate and Victorian Second Empire architectural elements. Completed 1881
File:Bathurst Base Hospital.jpg, Bathurst District Hospital, Bathurst. Completed 1886
File:Tenterfield PO 2010.jpg, Tenterfield Post Office, Tenterfield with Victorian Second Empire and Victorian Italianate architectural elements. Completed 1880s

Victorian Italianate

File:AlburyRailwayStation2.JPG, Albury railway station, Albury; built 1881
File:SydneyUniversity InstituteBuilding DarlingtonCentre.jpg, Institute Building, Darlington
File:LTownHall.jpg, Leichhardt Town Hall, Leichhardt; completed in 1888
File:Balmain Court House Post Office.JPG, Balmain Court House, Balmain. Completed 1888
File:Maitland Post Office.jpg, alt=, Maitland Post Office, Maitland. Completed in 1881
File:Goulburn Post Office on Auburn Street in Goulburn.jpg, alt=, Goulburn Post Office, Goulburn. Completed 1881
File:Kings Hotel, Sydney.jpg, Kings Hotel, Sydney. Completed 1879
File:(1)Hotel CBD 006.jpg, Former National House (now Hotel CBD), York Street, Sydney
File:Redfern Post Office.JPG, Redfern Post Office, Sydney. Completed 1882.
File:Forbes Post Office, NSW, 2022, 01.jpg, Forbes Post Office, Forbes. Completed 1881
File:Royal Hotel Queenscliff.jpg, Royal Hotel, Queenscliff
File:Grand Hotel Yarra Glen.jpg, Grand Hotel, Yarra Glen

Victorian Romanesque

File:St Michael's Uniting Church, Melbourne (9 December 2004).jpg, St Michael's Uniting Church, Melbourne; completed 1866
File:BurnsPhilp.JPG, Burns Philp Building, Sydney; completed 1901
File:St Mark'S Church, Darling Point, Sydney - East0097.jpg, St Mark's Church, Darling Point
File:One1seven church (St Saviour's Anglican Church).jpg, St Saviours Anglican Church, Redfern
File:(1)St Johns Church Glebe 003a.jpg, St Johns Church in Glebe; completed 1870
Saint Andrew's - Manly - Tower Corner.jpg, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Manly; completed in 1890

Victorian Renaissance Revival

File:(1) Dept of Lands 4.JPG, Department of Lands building, in Bridge Street, Sydney, constructed between 1876 and 1892.
File:(1)Bank of NSW George Street Sydney-1.jpg, Former Bank of NSW building, now KFC fast food restaurant, located at 107-109 Bathurst Street, Sydney, constructed between 1894 and 1895.
File:The Custom House, Newcastle.jpg, Newcastle Customs House, completed 1899

Victorian Byzantine

File:Jubilee building.jpg, Jubilee Building, Perth; opened 1899
File:(1)Surry Hills Orthodox Church.jpg, Holy Trinitity Orthodox Church; Surry Hills. Completed 1890s

Victorian Academic Gothic

File:St. Paul's Cathedral Tower.jpg, St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne
File:St Patrick's Cathedral-Gothic Revival Style (East Side).jpg, St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
File:St Peters Cathedral.JPG, St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide; completed 1901
File:Sydney (AU), View from Sydney Tower, St Mary's Cathedral -- 2019 -- 3141.jpg, St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney
File:St Andrews facade.jpg, St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. Completed 1868
File:University of Sydney's Main Quadrangle.jpg, University of Sydney (main quadrangle); completed 1855
File:Anderson Stuart Building, University of Sydney.JPG, Anderson Stuart Building (University of Sydney); completed 1883
File:Old Pathology Building Melbourne University.jpg, Old Pathology Building Melbourne University; completed 1885
File:Armidale St Peters.JPG, St Peter's Cathedral, Armidale. Completed 1875
File:St Johns College U Sydney.jpg, St John's College, Sydney

Victorian Free Gothic

File:Metropolitan gas company building flinders street.jpg, Former Metropolitan Gas Company Buildings; Flinders Street, Melbourne; completed 1892; Venetian Gothic applied to a tall building
File:Ormond College Clock Tower.JPG, Ormond College, Melbourne University; completed 1881
File:Former melbourne stock exchange collins street.jpg, Former Stock Exchange, Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1888.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 85
File:Melbourne safe deposit building.jpg, Former Safe Deposit Building, Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1890
File:Gothic bank melbourne.jpg, ANZ Bank, 390 Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1883
File:Old Rialto Buildings Collins Street Melbourne.jpg, Old Rialto Building, Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1888.
File:Olderfleet buildings Collins Street Melbourne.jpg, Olderfleet Buildings, Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1888.
File:St georges presbyterian church east st kilda.jpg, St George's Presbyterian Church, St Kilda East, Victoria; completed 1880.
File:Victoria brewery east melbourne.jpg, Victoria Brewery, East Melbourne, Victoria; completed 1882
File:Great Synagogue, Sydney (2008).jpg, The Great Synagogue, Sydney; completed 1878
File:1StVincentsCollege2.JPG, St Vincent's College, Potts Point. Completed 1886
File:St Patricks Seminary, Manly NSW.jpg, St Patrick's Seminary, Manly; completed 1885
File:Hunter bailey annandale 2.jpg, Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Annandale. Completed 1889
File:St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Armidale - panoramio.jpg, St Paul's Presbyterian Church; Armidale Completed 1882
File:Former Sussex Street Public School building in Sydney.jpg, Former Sussex Street Public School, Sydney. Completed c.1878.
File:1 Nightingale Wing a.JPG, Nightingale Wing, Sydney Hospital. Completed 1869
File:RPA Hospital-Victoria Pavillon.jpg, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown. Completed 1892

Victorian Tudor (Jacobethan)

File:Government House, Sydney, Australia.jpg, Government House, Sydney with Gothic Picturesque elements. Completed 1845
File:Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne.jpg, Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne; completed 1857
File:SydneyUniversity MainBuilding Panorama.jpg, Main Quadrangle, University of Sydney; completed 1862
File:WAGovernmentHouse1crop gobeirne.JPG, Government House, Perth; completed in 1864
File:BarracksArchWesternAustralia gobeirne.jpg, Barracks Arch, Perth; completed in 1863
File:Pentridge.jpg, HM Prison Pentridge, Coburg, Victoria; completed in 1864
File:Supreme Court, Sydney.jpg, Old Registry Wing (Supreme Court of New South Wales), Sydney. Completed 1862
File:UniSA North Terrace.jpg, North Terrace, University of Adelaide

Victorian Rustic Gothic

File:(1)St Marks Rectory.jpg, St Mark's Rectory, Darling Point
File:Tenterfield School of Arts 002.JPG, Tenterfield School of Arts
File:(1)Ryde Public School Infants Section.jpg, Ryde Public School; Ryde
File:(1)Manly Congregational Church-2.jpg, Manly Congregational Church, Manly
File:517 - North Sydney Technical High School (former) (5045453b1).jpg, Former North Sydney Technical High School, North Sydney

Victorian Carpenter Gothic

File:Christ the king church graceville.jpg, Christ the King Church, Graceville
File:Blayney Uniting Church 002.JPG, Blayney Uniting Church; Blayney.
File:Minyip Lutheran Church.JPG, St John's Lutheran Church, Minyip
File:Former Baptist church in Sandgate, Queensland 02.jpg, Sandgate Baptist Church

Edwardian period (1910)

Edwardian architecture is generally less ornate than high or late Victorian architecture, apart from a subset - used for major buildings - known as Edwardian Baroque architecture.

Edwardian Baroque

Notable examples include the Lands Administration Building in Brisbane, the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne (main pavilion, now Queen Victoria Women's Centre), the Commonwealth Offices, Treasury Place, Melbourne, the Department of Education building in Sydney (1912) and the General Post Office, Hobart.

File:NSW Dept Education Building North Side Bridge Street.JPG, Department of Education building, Sydney.
File:Land Administration Building, George Street façade, Brisbane.jpg, Land Administration Building, Brisbane. Completed 1905
File:Queen victoria hospital main pavillion melbourne.jpg, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne. Completed 1916
File:Post Office Hobart 20171120-084.jpg, General Post Office, Hobart. Completed 1905

Federation period ()

12 styles, each style name prefaced by "Federation":
:Academic Classical, Free Classical, Filigree, Anglo-Dutch, Romanesque, Gothic, Carpenter Gothic, Warehouse, Queen Anne, Free Style, Arts and Crafts, Bungalow

Federation Academic Classical

File:Mitchell and Dixson wings, State Library of New South Wales, 2023.jpg, State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell wing 1910 (left) and Dixson Wings 1929 (r)
File:Newcastle Post Office, NSW.jpg, Newcastle Post Office, completed 1903

Federation Free Classical

Notable examples include: Sydney Hospital (Sydney), Taronga Zoo Pavilion (Sydney), the main terminus building of the Central railway station in Sydney, Flinders Street station (Melbourne), Sacred Heart Church (St Kilda, Victoria), Read's Emporium (Prahran, Victoria), Old Royal Hotel (Williamstown, Victoria), the former Queensland Lands Administration Building (Brisbane).

File:1 flinders st station melb.jpg, Flinders Street station, Melbourne, completed 1910
File:Reads emporium.jpg, Former Read's Emporium, Prahran, completed 1914
File:Old royal hotel williamstown.jpg, Old Royal Hotel, , with arts and crafts influences
File:Sacred heart church st kilda.jpg, Sacred Heart Church, , completed 1891
File:Queen-Victoria-Statue-in-Queens-Gardens.jpg, Former Lands Administration Building, Brisbane, completed 1905
File:SydneyHospital.JPG, Sydney Hospital, completed 1894
File:Queen victoria hospital main pavillion melbourne.jpg, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne completed 1912
File:Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.jpg, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts Building, completed 1896
File:Central railway station, Sydney, 2018 (01).jpg, Central railway station, Sydney. Completed 1906
File:Railway Square Post Office 2.JPG, Former Parcels Post Office, Railway Square, Sydney. Completed 1913
File:(1)TAFE building Railway Square.jpg, Marcus Clarke Building ( TAFE), Railway Square, Sydney. Completed 1910-1924
File:Taronga Zoo -Sydney, Australia-21March2006.jpg, Taronga Zoo. Completed 1916
File:Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital (30392559681).jpg, Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital Buildings, Concord. Completed 1893
File:Dimmey's Store on Swan St in Cremorne.jpg, Dimmey's Building, Richmond, Victoria. Built .
File:The Strand, Hobart, Tasmania 1929.jpg, Odeon Theatre, Hobart. Completed 1916, pictured in 1929

Federation Second Empire

File:Former records office melbourne.jpg, Former Records Office. Queen Street, Melbourne. Completed 1900.
File:Town hall administration buildings melbourne.jpg, Town Hall Administration Buildings. Swanston Street, Melbourne. Completed 1908.

Federation Filigree

File:Yangan Masonic Hall.jpg, Yangan Masonic Hall; built .
File:Brass Monkey Hotel - Perth, Western Australia.jpg, Brass Monkey Hotel, Perth; built 1896.
File:Exchange Hotel, Kalgoorlie, 2016.jpg, Exchange Hotel, Kalgoorlie. Completed 1900.
File:Imperial-hotel-ravenswood-outback-queensland-australia.JPG, Imperial Hotel, Ravenswood; with prominent fretwork verandah; built 1901.
File:PO Hotel Fremantle.jpg, P&O Hotel, Fremantle. Completed 1901
File:Townsville 501.png, Buchanan's Hotel, Townsville. Built 1902, demolished 1984. Three-tiered filigree in cast iron, wrought iron, timber and glass.
File:Ballarat George Hotel 002.JPG, George Hotel, Ballarat. Built 1902.Apperly, Irving, Reynolds (1989), pg 108-109
File:Thorps Building (2008).jpg, Thorps Building, Ravenswood; two-storey shop completed .
File:Kurri Kurri Hotel (2).jpg, Kurri Kurri Hotel, Kurri Kurri; built .
File:CastleHotelYork.jpg, Castle Hotel, York; verandah and timber fretwork added .
File:Stirling Terrace, Toodyay, 2013 (2).JPG, Freemasons Hotel (Toodyay); two-storey verandah added .
File:Federation Filigree Shop.jpg, alt=, Shopfront, Stanmore; built .
File:Charters Towers Police Station, Gill Street elevation (1997).jpg, Charters Towers Police Station. Completed 1910; architect, Thomas Pye.
File:Junee Hotel located on the Olympic Highway in Junee (1).jpg, Junee Hotel, Junee; remodeled with art nouveau-style cast ironwork.
File:Thorby Buildings, Leichhardt (1912).jpg, alt=, Thorby Buildings, Leichhardt; built 1912; a Federation Filigree shop-terrace.
File:Rochester Shamrock Hotel 001.JPG, Shamrock Hotel, Rochester; built c.1912.
File:People's Palace with 288 Edward Street, Brisbane in the background, April 2020, 01.jpg, People's Palace, Brisbane, Queensland; Temperance Hotel built in stages between 1910–13.
File:WarwickCriterionHotel.JPG, Criterion Hotel, Warwick; built 1917.

Federation Anglo-Dutch

File:The rocks new south wales...jpg, The ASN Co building, Sydney a very early and rare pre-Federation version of the style; completed in 1885
File:City of melbourne buildings elizabeth street.jpg, City of Melbourne buildings, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, a very early example of the style; completed in 1888
File:Melbourne university 1888 buildings.jpg, University of Melbourne main buildings, ; completed in 1888
File:Prahran market.jpg, Prahran Market, Prahran; completed in 1891, early Anglo-Dutch
File:St nicholas hospital carlton.jpg, St Nicholas Hospital buildings,
File:FS1 Old.jpg, Eastern Hill Fire Station, East Melbourne; completed in 1893
File:Winfield building collins street melbourne.jpg, Winfield Building, Collins Street, Melbourne, also demonstrates Queen Anne traits; completed in 1891
File:Perseverence hotel brunswick street fitzroy.jpg, Perseverance Hotel,
File:(1)Corporation Building Sydney.jpg, Corporation Building, Haymarket. Completed 1893
File:1 Crown Hotel.JPG, Crown Hotel, Sydney. Completed 1909
File:Newtown Post Office.JPG, Newtown Post Office, Newtown. Completed 1894
File:Santa Sabina College 6.JPG, Santa Sabina College, Strathfield. Completed 1894
File:Railway Institute Building, 101 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, NSW 01.jpg, Railway Institute Building, Surry Hills. Completed 1890s
File:Sydney George Street-2 (24558410097) (cropped).jpg, Chamberlain Hotel, Sydney. Completed 1904
File:Trocadero king st.JPG, The Trocadero, Newtown. Completed 1889
File:York Hotel, Kalgoorlie.jpg, York Hotel, Kalgoorlie. Completed 1901

Federation Romanesque

File:Ultimo Sydney Institute 3.JPG, Sydney Technical College (Former Sydney Technical High School building). Completed 1891
File:Old-Queensland-Museum.jpg, Old Museum Building, Brisbane; completed in 1891.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 118
File:Victorian artists society buildings east melbourne.jpg, Victorian Artists Society, East Melbourne. Built 1892.
File:Bairnsdale court house.jpg, Bairnsdale Court House, Bairnsdale; completed in 1893.
File:(1)350 George Street-3.jpg, Former Societe Generale Building, Sydney. Completed 1895.
File:Sydney (AU), Queen Victoria Building -- 2019 -- 3580.jpg, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney; completed in 1898.
File:Perth Mint.jpg, Perth Mint, Perth, completed in 1899
File:FremantleMarkets1904.jpg, Fremantle Markets, Fremantle; completed in 1902
File:(1) Shelbourne Hotel.JPG, Shelbourne Hotel, Sydney. Completed 1902
File:2015-04-02 Martin Place, Sydney.jpg, 354 George Street, Sydney, Completed 1904
File:Hackett Hall public library WA 1913.jpg, Hackett Hall, Perth; completed 1908, now part of the Western Australian Museum
File:St-Mary's-RC-Church-Bairnsdale-Vic.jpg, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Bairnsdale; completed in 1913
File:RMIT University Building 01.jpg, Former Melbourne Magistrates' Court. Completed 1914.
File:Basilica Our Lady of Victories Camberwell b.jpg, Our Lady of the Victories Basilica, ; completed in 1918.

Federation Gothic

File:Camperdown clock tower.jpg, Camperdown Memorial Clock Tower in ; completed in 1897
File:Sacred heart cathedral bendigo.jpg, Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo; completed in 1896
File:RMIT University City Campus (Building 4).jpg, RMIT Building 4, Swanston Street, Melbourne; completed in 1904
File:Registrar-General's building, Sydney.jpg, Registrar-General's building, in Sydney; completed in 1913
File:USYD MacLaurin Hall A14D SEP2019.jpg, MacLaurin Hall, University of Sydney. Completed 1902–1909
File:Cathedral Armidale.jpg, Saints Mary and Joseph Cathedral; Armidale, New South Wales. Completed 1912
File:A.C. Goode [e-mail], A.C Goode House in Collins Street, Melbourne; completed in 1891

Federation Carpenter Gothic

File:Coonamble Anglican Church 001.JPG, Coonamble Anglican Church
File:West Townsville Roman Catholic Church.jpg, St Mary's Church, Townsville
File:Uniting-Church-Penguin-20070420-033.jpg, The Uniting Church, Penguin, Tasmania. Completed 1903
File:NaroomaUnitingChurch.jpg, The Uniting Church at Narooma; completed in 1914.

Federation Warehouse

File:The big store.jpg, The Big Store, Prahran, completed 1902.
File:66 - Bolton Street Car Park Facade & Side Wall (5044991b2).jpg, Former 'David Cohen & Co. warehouse, Newcastle. Built 1901.
File:(1)Edwards Dunlop building Kent Street Sydney.jpg, Former Edwards Dunlop & Co Ltd stores, Kent Street, Sydney. Built c.1897.
File:(1)Farmers and Graziers Wattle St Ultimo Sydney-1a.jpg, Former Farmers & Graziers Building, Ultimo. Built from 1895.

Federation Queen Anne

File:Austral buildings 115-119 Collins Street Melbourne.jpg, The Austral Buildings, Collins Street, Melbourne; completed in 1891
File:Professional Chambers building in Collins Street Melbourne.jpg, Professional Chambers, Collins Street, Melbourne; completed in 1908
File:Corn Exchange, Sydney.jpg, The Sydney Corn Exchange, a rare remaining warehouse; built from 1887 and designed by George McRae
File:Grace Bros Broadway clock towers.jpg, Grace Brothers Department Store, Broadway, Sydney. Completed 1923
File:(1)St Augustine Church-4.jpg, St Augustine's Church, Balmain, New South Wales. Completed 1905

Federation Free Style

File:QueenslandBuilding0031.jpg, Townsville Customs House. Completed 1902; architect, George David Payne.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 136-137
File:Melbourne City Baths 2013.jpg, City Baths, Melbourne; completed 1904. Design by J J Clark & E J Clark.
File:Kings Cross Hotel, Sydney, NSW.jpg, Kings Cross Hotel, Kings Cross. Built .
File:State Savings Bank building on Swan St in Cremorne (1).jpg, State Savings Bank building, Richmond. Completed ; architect; Smith & Ogg.
File:(1)Pyrmont Fire Station-2.jpg, Fire station, Pyrmont. Completed 1906; architect, Walter Liberty Vernon.
File:Freo PO (1).jpg, Fremantle Post Office. Completed 1907; architect, Hilson Beasley. Alternating bands of red brick and pale stucco dominate the facade.
File:TheRocksObserverHotel.JPG, Observer Hotel, The Rocks. Completed 1908; architects, Halligan & Wilton.
File:(1)St Marys Catholic Church Erskineville-2.jpg, St Marys Catholic Church, Erskineville. Built ; architect, J. McCarthy. An uninhibited reinterpretation of the Gothic style.
File:Fremantle Customs House - 001.jpg, Fremantle Customs House. Completed 1908; architect, Hilson Beasley.
File:Ballarat Provincial Hotel 001.JPG, Provincial Hotel, Ballarat; completed in 1909; architect, Percy Richards. A fanciful freestyle composition with moorish and art nouveau elements.
File:(1)Darlinghurst Fire Station-c.jpg, Darlinghurst Fire Station, Darlinghurst. Completed 1912; architect, Walter Liberty Vernon.
File:(1) Johnsons Building.JPG, Chamber of Commerce Building, The Rocks. Completed 1912; architect, Walter Liberty Vernon.
File:(1)St Patricks Hall and School-4.jpg, St Patrick's Hall, Sydney. Completed 1914; architects, Hennessy & Hennessy.
File:Prahran mechanics institute.jpg, Prahran Mechanics' Institute, Prahran. Built .
File:The Palisade Hotel, Millers Point.jpg, Palisade Hotel, Millers Point. Completed 1916; architect, H. D. Walsh.
File:The Examiner Launceston 2010.jpg, The Examiner building, Launceston.

Federation Arts and Crafts

File:YorkPO.jpg, York Post Office. Built ; architect, George Temple-Poole.
File:Glen Innes Post Office.jpg, Glen Innes Post and Telegraph Office. Completed 1896; architect, Walter Liberty Vernon.
File:Leichhardt Fire Station.JPG, Fire station, Leichhardt. Completed 1906; architect, E.L Drew.
File:Former windsor post and telegraph offices.jpg, Former Post & Telegraph Offices, Windsor
File:Caves-House-Accommodation-at-Jenolan-Caves.jpg, The Jenolan Caves House
File:Ararat State Bank.JPG, Former State Savings Bank, Ararat.
File:(1)Wahroonga Presbyterian Church-3.jpg, Presbyterian Church, Wahroonga. Built .

Federation Bungalow

Inter-War period ()

16 styles, each style name prefaced by "Inter-War":
:Georgian Revival, Academic Classical, Free Classical, Beaux-Arts, Stripped Classical, Commercial Palazzo, Mediterranean, Spanish Mission, Chicagoesque, Functionalist & Modern, Art-Deco, Skyscraper Gothic, Romanesque, Interwar Gothic, Old English, California Bungalow

Inter-war Georgian Revival

File:AlbertHallCanberra1.jpg, Albert Hall, Canberra, opened 1928
File:VCA Melbourne.jpg, Elizabeth Murdoch Building, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
File:(1)Manly Municipal Council.jpg, Manly Town Hall
File:Queanbeyan City Council Chambers in Crawford Street.jpg, Queanbeyan City Council Chambers, Queanbeyan. Completed 1927; architect, J. W. Sproule.
File:Public Library of New South Wales-Shakespeare Place view.jpg, Library of New South Wales, Sydney, built 1939-1941

Inter-war Academic Classical

File:Brisbane City Hall.jpg, Brisbane City Hall; opened in 1930
File:Shrine-of-Remembrance Ann-Street-facade Brisbane.jpg, Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane; completed in 1930
File:Melbourne war memorial.jpg, Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne; completed in 1934

Inter-war Free Classical

File:Market Square CML building Geelong.jpg, CML Building, Geelong; completed in 1923
File:(1)Radisson PLaza Hotel-1.jpg, Former Sydney Morning Herald building, Pitt Street, Sydney. Completed 1920s
File:Public Trust Office, 19–21 O'Connell Street, Sydney 01.jpg, Public Trust Office, Sydney. Completed 1926
File:Richmond Town Hall 001.JPG, Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne. Remodeled 1934-36; architect, Harry R. Johnson.

Inter-war Beaux Arts

File:Former Melbourne Mail Exchange, corner of Spencer Street & Bourke Street.jpg, Former Melbourne Mail Exchange, Bourke Street, Melbourne; completed in 1917
File:Former port authority building melbourne.jpg, Former Port Authority Building, Market Street, Melbourne
File:National theatre st kilda.jpg, National Theatre. St Kilda; completed 1929
File:Herald and Weekly Times Building - 2004.jpg, Herald and Weekly Times Building, Flinders Street, Melbourne
File:Argus building latrobe street melbourne.jpg, Argus Building. LaTrobe Street, Melbourne; completed 1927. Features large giant order columns with Egyptian decorative motifs
File:General Post Office, Perth, January 2018 01.jpg, General Post Office, Perth; completed 1923
File:MurrayStreetPerthNight gobeirne.jpg, Commonwealth Bank building, Forrest Place, Perth; completed 1933
File:(1)Commonwealth Bank Sydney-1.jpg, Commonwealth Bank building, Martin Place, Sydney. Completed 1928
File:(1)Perpetual Trustee Company Limited-2.jpg, Perpetual Trustee building, Sydney. Completed 1917
File:(1)Beaux Arts style Sydney-2.jpg, Beaux Arts Style office block, Sydney
File:()1)Banking House Pitt Street Sydney.jpg, Banking House, Sydney. Completed 1912
File:(1)Beaux Arts building Broadway Sydney.jpg, Beaux Arts style commercial building in Broadway, Sydney

Inter-war Stripped Classical

File:Old Parliament House cropped.jpg, Old Parliament House, Canberra, designed by John Smith Murdoch; opened 1927
File:WyvernHouse.jpg, Wyvern House, Newington College; opened 1938
File:AlburyAMPBldg 001.jpg, AMP building in Albury
File:PetershamTH.JPG, Petersham Town Hall; designed in 1938
File:Rockdale Town Hall.jpg, Rockdale Town Hall; designed in 1940

Inter-war Commercial Palazzo

File:Westpac bank building brisbane.jpg, Westpac Bank building. 33 Queen Street, Brisbane; completed 1920
File:London stores elizabeth street melbourne.jpg, London Stores. Elizabeth Street, Melbourne; completed 1922
File:Myer Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.jpg, Myer Melbourne main store, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne; completed 1933
File:MacArthur Central, Brisbane.JPG, MacArthur Central. cnr Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane; completed 1934
File:Dymocks Building, Sydney.jpg, Dymocks Building, George Street, Sydney
File:(1)Commercial Banking Company George Street.jpg, Commercial Banking Company, George Street, Sydney. Completed 1920s
File:Castlereagh and King Street.jpg, Trust Building; Sydney. Completed 1916
File:Sydney NSW 2000, Australia - panoramio (321).jpg, Gowings Building, Sydney. Completed 1929
File:Martin Place - panoramio (1).jpg, Commonwealth Trading Bank building, Sydney. Completed 1916
File:Temple Court Building 2022.jpg, Temple Court Building, Melbourne
File:Nicholas building [e-mail], Nicholas Building. Swanston Street, Melbourne; completed 1925
File:ANZ [e-mail], Former AMP Building. Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1927

Inter-war Mediterranean

File:SydneyAndMelbourneBuildingsCivic1929.jpg, Sydney and Melbourne buildings, City Centre, Australian Capital Territory; commenced building 1920s
File:St kilda sea baths.jpg, St Kilda Sea Baths. St Kilda
File:Westendmarket.jpg, Markets, West End

Inter-War Spanish Mission

File:Our Lady of Victories Church, Brisbane.jpg, Our Lady of Victories Church, Bowen Hills. Built 1924–25; architects likely to be Thomas Ramsay Hall and George Gray Prentice.
File:Star bar george street.jpg, Plaza Theatre, Sydney. Built 1929–30; architect, Eric Heath.
File:Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Woolloongabba, 2009.jpg, alt=Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Woolloongabba. Completed 1930; architect, Eric Ford. 17 Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Woolloongabba. Completed 1930; architect, Eric Ford.Apperly, Irving, Reynolds (1989), pg 177
File:Roxy Theatre.jpg, Roxy Community Theatre, Leeton. Built 1929–30; architects, Kaberry & Chard.
File:MolongCommonwealthBank.JPG, Commonwealth Bank, Molong: built 1930.
File:1993 ROXY PARRAMATTA.jpg, Roxy Theatre, Parramatta. Completed 1930; architects L. F. Herbert and E. D. Wilson.
File:Main Beach Pavilion, Southport Surf Life Saving Club.jpg, alt=Main Beach Pavilion, Southport; built 1934; Hall & Phillips, architects. 21'' Main Beach Pavilion'', Southport; built 1934; Hall & Phillips, architects.
File:(1)Ku-ring-gai town hall.jpg, alt=Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Pymble. Built 1934. Now Ku-ring-gai Town Hall. 22''Sacred Heart Catholic Church'', Pymble. Built 1934. Now Ku-ring-gai Town Hall.
File:AU-Qld-Kalinga-church-Catholic-Saint Anne-2021.jpg, St Anne's Catholic Church, Kalinga. Built 1934–35; architects, Hennessey and Hennessey.
File:Tenterfield Royal Hotel 002.JPG, alt=Royal Hotel, TTenterfield. 1935 remodel by J P Donoghue, architect., Royal Hotel, Tenterfield. 1935 remodel by J P Donoghue, architect.
File:Mendooran Mechanics Institute Hall 003.JPG, ''Mechanics Institute Hall'', Mendooran. Completed 1935. Designed by Walter Innes-Kerr.

Inter-war Art Deco

File:Australian war memorial by night.jpg, Australian War Memorial; building completed 1941; Byzantine architecture style with strong styling elements of art deco throughout
File:GoulburnElmsleaChambers 001.jpg, Elmslea Chambers, Goulburn; built 1933; it was one of the first buildings in Australia to use Glazed architectural terra-cotta in its façade
File:University of Queensland.jpg, Forgan Smith Buildings and Great Court, University of Queensland; completed 1927
File:ANZACWarMemorial1 gobeirne.jpg, Anzac War Memorial, Sydney; completed 1934.
File:Art deco offices on lonsdale street.jpg, Art Deco office building. Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Obvious influences of North American skyscraper planning
File:Alkira house queen street melbourne.jpg, Alkira House, Queen Street, Melbourne. One of the most striking Glazed architectural terra-cotta and glass brick clad Art Deco buildings in Australia
File:Gledden 003.JPG, Gledden Building, Perth; completed in 1935. The Gledden Building was the only large commercial building in the Art Deco style ever built in Western Australia
File:AWA Building 4 (30789773655).jpg, AWA Tower, Sydney
File:The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.jpg, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Completed 1940s
File:APA Building 53-63 Martin Place Sydney.jpg, APA Building Martin Place, Sydney
File:(1)State Theatre 062.jpg, State Theatre, Sydney. Competed 1929
File:Kyle House, Sydney.jpg, Kyle House, Sydney
File:City Mutual Building on the corner of Bligh and Hunter Street.jpg, City Mutual Life Assurance Building, Sydney. Completed 1936
File:Henry Davis York building.jpg, Henry Davis York Building, Sydney.
File:Railway House (1936) in Sydney.jpg, Railway House, York Street, Sydney
File:Belmore4.JPG, ''Toilet Block'', Belmore.
File:University of Sydney's Challis House (11883577073).jpg, Challis House, Martin Place, Sydney. Completed 1938
File:David Jones Elizabeth St.jpg, David Jones Building, Elizabeth Street, Sydney
File:T&G geelong.jpg, T&G Geelong, 1934

Skyscraper Gothic

File:Victoria hotel east wing little collins street melbourne.jpg, Victoria Hotel on Little Collins Street, Melbourne
File:The Grace 3 (30753645246).jpg, Grace Building, Sydney
File:(1)former Sun Building-2.jpg, Former Sun building
File:(1)former Sun Building-1.jpg, Former Sun building, Elizabeth Street, Sydney
File:Manchester Unity Building 2021.jpg, Manchester Unity Building, Collins Street, Melbourne

Inter-war Chicagoesque

File:Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne.JPG, Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne; opened in 1924
File:Former masonic club building flinders street.jpg, Former Masonic Club, Flinders Street, Melbourne
File:Powerhouse, Brisbane1.JPG, Powerhouse, Brisbane
File:Love and lewis building.jpg, Love and Lewis building. Prahran; completed in 1928
File:WD and HO Wills Building.jpg, WD and HO Wills Building, Perth, Western Australia; completed 1927
File:Dovers Building Skyline 2022.jpg, Dovers Building, by Hugh Ralston Crawford; completed 1908

* Ballarat House, Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills; 1915
* Former Cleveland Shoe Company Factory, Victoria Street, Erskineville; 1923
* Former Wrigley's Factory, Crewe Place, Rosebery; 1919

Inter-war Functionalist & Moderne

File:Lonsdale house.jpg, Lonsdale House, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne; architect IG Anderson; completed 1937; demolished 2010
File:Presgrave building little collins street melbourne.jpg, Presgrave Building, Little Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1938
File:Melbournes oldest multi storey carpark little collins.jpg, Former Victoria carpark, Little Collins Street, Melbourne; completed 1939; Melbourne's oldest multi-storey carpark in the streamline moderne style
File:Hastingsdeering.jpeg, Hastings Deering, Crown Street, Woolloomooloo; Architects Lipson & Kaad; completed 1938; refurbished 2013
File:Mitchell House 2022.jpg, Mitchell House, a 1937 Streamline Moderne style building built in 1937 Melbourne

Interwar Gothic

File:Artist colony at Eltham Victoria.jpg, Montsalvat artists colony (Great Hall), Eltham; re-uses architectural elements from demolished Collins Street buildings; completed 1938
File:Mary Immaculate Church Today.png, Mary Immaculate Church, in Annerley, Brisbane, built between 1931 and 1939.
File:St George's College (original wing facade, 2023).jpg, St George's College, Perth; opened 1931 and partially modelled after Selwyn College, Cambridge.

Inter-war Old English (20th Century Tudorbethan)

File:VictorianBuilding0010.jpg, Shopfront in Toorak, Victoria
File:Commercial road prahran in 2006.jpg, A mock Tudor row on Commercial Road, South Yarra
File:Perth CBD 200520 gnangarra-146.jpg, London Court shopping complex in Perth. Built 1937.
File:(1)Old English style shops.jpg, Old English style shops, Lindfield.
File:Tudor Style Building - Elsternwick.jpg, Old English shops, Elsternwick, Melbourne.

Inter-War Functionalist & Moderne

The functionalist and moderne style often used combinations of blonde and brown bricks in linear vertical or horizontal patterns.
Notable examples include: Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney); Captain's Flat Hotel (NSW); Russell Street Police Headquarters (Melbourne); Astor Theatre (St Kilda, Victoria); Ballarat Law Courts (Ballarat);

File:CaptainsFlatHotel.jpg, Hotel at Captains Flat built 1938; Functionalist
File:Heidelberg Town Hall 01a.jpg, Heidelberg Town Hall, Heidelberg, Victoria; built 1937; a fine example of interwar brick moderne
File:Astor theatre st kilda.jpg, the Astor Theatre, St Kilda; built 1937
File:Ballarat law courts.jpg, Law Courts, Ballarat
File:Russel St police building march 2022.jpg, Former Police Headquarters, Russell Street, Melbourne; built 1940; an example of interwar brick moderne heavily influenced by North American skyscrapers

Post-War Period (c. 19401960)

5 styles, each style name prefaced by "Post-War":
:Ecclesiastical, International, Modern

Ecclesiastical

File:OIC geraldton cbd anglican holy cross 3.jpg, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Geraldton. Completed 1964. Unorthodox star shaped plan.
File:St Boniface Anglican Cathedral, Bunbury, October 2023 02.jpg, St Boniface Anglican Cathedral, Bunbury. Completed 1962. Traditional cruciform plan.
File:Rear St Marys SthPerth.JPG, St Marys Anglican Church, South Perth built 1957

International Style

File:Adelaide High School.JPG, Adelaide High School, West Terrace, Adelaide. Completed 1951.
File:King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women - Family Birth Centre and Agnes Walsh House.jpg, Agnes Walsh Nurses Home, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Subiaco, Western Australia; circa 1952.Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 215
File:Holidayers in pool at Lennon's Hotel, Old Burleigh Road, Broadbeach, Gold Cost City.jpg, Lennon's Hotel, Broadbeach. Built 1957.
File:Qantas House, 68-96 Hunter Street, Sydney.jpg, Qantas House, Sydney. Designed by Rudder, Littlemore & Rudder; built from 1955-1957.
File:Orica House.jpg, Orica House, East Melbourne; Completed 1958. Early curtain wall glass building and tallest in Australia when completed.
File:AMP building 002.jpg, AMP Building, Sydney; Built 1958-1952. Designed by Peddle, Thorp and Walker architects.
File:Pinjarra Police Station, December 2020.jpg, Pinjarra Police Station, Pinjarra, completed 1962.

Modern

Late Twentieth-Century Period 19602000

14 styles, each style name prefaced by "Late Twentieth Century":
:Stripped Classical, Ecclesiastical, International, Organic, Brutalist, Structuralist, Late Modern, Post Modern, Immigrants' Nostalgic

Stripped Classical

File:Law Courts of the Australian Capital Territory.jpg, ACT Law Courts building, Canberra; .Apperly, Irving, & Reynolds (1989), pg 228-229
File:NLA Canberra-01JAC.JPG, National Library of Australia, Canberra; completed 1964.
File:Parliament House, Perth.jpg, Parliament House – East Wing, Perth; completed 1964.
File:UWA 191119 gnangarra-104.jpg, Reid Library, University of Western Australia; from 1964.
File:Dallas brooks hall east melbourne.jpg, Dallas Brooks Hall, East Melbourne; completed 1969.

International

File:Australia square.JPG, Australia Square, Sydney. Completed 1967. Australia's first true modern skyscraper.
File:Optus Centre 2a.jpg, Optus Centre, Melbourne. Completed 1975.
File:Mlc centre 1.jpg, 25 Martin Place, Sydney. Completed 1977.
File:Edmund Barton Building facade.JPG, Edmund Barton Building, Canberra. Completed 1974

Organic

File:Parliament house1.jpg, Parliament House, Canberra. A mixture of Organic and contemporary stripped classical elements. Completed 1988.

Brutalist

Notable examples include: Sydney Masonic Centre/Civic Tower (Sydney); Suncorp Place (Sydney); Sydney Law School (Sydney); Cameron Offices (Canberra); High Court of Australia (Canberra); State Library of Queensland (Brisbane); Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Brisbane); Law Courts (Brisbane); Suncorp Plaza (Brisbane); National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne); Total carpark (Melbourne); WTC Wharf; Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre (Malvern, Victoria); St Kilda Public Library (St Kilda, Victoria); Plumbing Trades Employees Union of Australia Building (Melbourne); University of Melbourne Faculty of Engineering (Melbourne); Metropolitan Fire Brigade ( East Melbourne, Victoria); R.A.W. Woodgate Centre (Kew, Victoria); Olivetti Building (Sydney); UTS Tower (University of Technology, Sydney); St Anthony's Church (Marsfield, Sydney). See :Brutalist architecture in Australia.

File:National gallery victoria international.jpg, alt=National Gallery of Victoria. St Kilda Road, Melbourne, completed 1962, National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, completed 1962
File:10murrayst-front.jpg, alt=10 Murray Street. Hobart, completed 1969, 10 Murray Street, Hobart, completed 1969
File:Iwelam, Perth Concert Hall south front.jpg, Perth Concert Hall, completed 1973
File:MerredinLink, East Perth, 2015(1).JPG, Public Transport Centre, Perth, completed 1976
File:Queensland Supreme Court.jpg, Law Courts, Brisbane, completed 1976–77
File:High Court Australia-01JAC.jpg, alt=High Court of Australia. Canberra, completed in 1980, High Court of Australia, Canberra, completed in 1980
File:Callam Offices, Woden, ACT (2042472107).jpg, Callam Offices, Canberra; built 1977–1981; designed by John Andrews.
File:AAPT Centre.jpg, Suncorp Place, Sydney, completed 1982
File:Henty House, Launceston (1983).jpg, alt=, Henty House, Launceston, completed 1983.
File:Poster-for-The-Marriage-of-Figaro-at-QPAC.jpg, Queensland Performing Arts Complex, South Brisbane, completed 1985

Structuralist

File:Sydney Opera House Sails.jpg, Sydney Opera House is often difficult to classify. Completed 1973.
File:Shine dome.jpg, The Australian Academy of Science building, named the "Shine Dome", Canberra, designed by Roy Grounds, completed 1959
File:Sidney Myer Music Bowl Aerial View.jpg, Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Melbourne. Completed 1959. One of the earliest examples of a tensile structure
File:Melbourne olmpic pool (lexus centre).jpg, Lexus Centre (former Olympic Pool). Melbourne. Completed 1956.
File:Queensland-Convention-and-Exhibition-Centre.jpg, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. Completed 1995. Complex load bearing hyperbolic paraboloid roof design, a precursor to 21st Century structuralism.

Late Modern

File:AMP Place Kevin.JPG, AMP Place. Brisbane. Completed in 1977. An early example of late modern curtain walled mirror glass skyscraper.
File:Northern face of 200 Queen Street, Melbourne.jpg, 200 Queen Street. Melbourne. Completed in 1983. Curved mirror glass skyscraper.
File:Rialto Towers, Melbourne.jpg, Rialto Towers, Melbourne; completed 1986. Australia's best example of a mirror glass corporate skyscraper
File:Waterfront Place.jpg, Waterfront Place, Brisbane. Completed 1989.
File:Govenor Phillip Tower.jpg, Governor Phillip Tower, Sydney. Completed 1994.
File:QV1 gnangarra.jpg, QV.1, Perth. Completed in 1991.
File:Deutsche Bank Place skyscraper.jpg, Deutsche Bank Place, Sydney. Completed in 2005, a more recent example of the late modern style

Post Modern

A subset of postmodernism is mock-historicism tries to imitate historic styles using modern materials to the point where it is difficult to tell them apart from historic buildings. The most imitated styles are those that are easiest to clone (including the Georgian style).

File:Paddys Haymarket.jpg, Paddy's Markets redevelopment (completed 1976). Haymarket. Tower is reflective of the building style
File:Jam factory.jpg, The Jam Factory redevelopment (completed 1979). Chapel Street, South Yarra. Completed in 1979. Feature mock historical elements juxtaposted with old factory
File:530 Collins Street.jpg, Former Australian Stock Exchange (completed 1990). Collins Street, Melbourne. Features a classical inspired podium base and Georgian inspired pyramid roof.
File:120CollinsSt.jpg, 120 Collins Street (completed 1991). Collins Street, Melbourne. Evocative of an interwar North American skyscraper.
File:Chifley tower 1.jpg, Chifley Tower (completed 1992). Sydney. Inspired by interwar North American skyscraper
File:Hotel Grand Chancellor, Launceston.jpg, Hotel Grand Chancellor (completed 1993). Launceston, Tasmania. Mock historic composition of Georgian and Second Empire styles.
File:Rmit building 8.jpg, RMIT Building 8 (completed 1993). Swanston Street, Melbourne. Uses novel decorative elements and references to pop-culture.
File:Westendlandmark.jpg, Boundary Street retail buildings (completed 1999). West End, Queensland. A cartoonish take on Victorian Mannerism.
File:City Square, Melbourne, Australia.jpg, Westin Hotel (completed 2000). Collins Street, Melbourne. Evocative of the Second Empire.
File:Sea Change at Beacon Cove, Port Melbourne.jpg, Apartments (completed 2001). Port Melbourne, Victoria evocative of the Second Empire.
File:Aurora Place 3.jpg, Aurora Place, Sydney. Completed 2000
File:(1)HSBC building George Street Sydney.jpg, HSBC Building, George Street, Sydney. Completed 1987

Deconstructivist

Notable examples include Green Building RMIT; Deakin University main building; Australian Centre for Contemporary Art; Gottlieb House (Melbourne)

File:Green building swanston street melbourne.jpg, Storey Hall (The Green Building). RMIT. Swanston Street, Melbourne. Completed 1994. One of the earliest examples of Deconstructivist design in Australia.
File:450 burnley street richmond.jpg, 450 Swan Street. Completed 1995. Deconstructivist form integrates an old bank with new offices.

Immigrant's Nostalgic

File:(1)St Spyridons Church Kingsford-1.jpg, St Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, Kingsford, New South Wales. Completed in 1975
File:Auburn Gallipoli Mosque.JPG, Auburn Gallipoli Mosque, Auburn, New South Wales. Completed in 1999

21st-century architecture

Several new and continued 20th-century styles, all prefaced with "21st-century" - Deconstructivist, Post modern, Structuralist, Sustainable, Modern

Deconstructivist

Notable examples include Federation Square; Shrine of Remembrance crypt; Sofo House (Melbourne) Swan Bells (Perth)

File:Swan Bells SMC 2006 b.jpg, Swan Bells. Perth. Completed in 2000.
File:Federation Square, Melbourne.jpg, Federation Square. Melbourne. Completed 2002.
File:Acca and malthouse theatre southbank.jpg, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Southbank. Completed 2002

Post Modern

File:NatMusAus Main Entrance Strip.jpg, National Museum of Australia. Completed 2001.
File:Port1010DigitalHarbour.jpg, Port 1010 building at the Digital Harbour precinct, Melbourne Docklands. Completed 2008.
File:RAC Arena, October 2018.jpg, Perth Arena. Completed 2012.

Structuralist

Advanced structuralism facilitated by Computer Aided Design

File:Telstradomeaerial.JPG, Docklands Stadium. Melbourne; completed 2000.
File:Southern Cross Station entrance.jpg, Southern Cross station, Melbourne; completed 2006.
File:Carousel-pavilion-geelong.jpg, Carousel Pavilion, Geelong; completed 2006.
File:ANZ Stadium (6801236493).jpg, Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park. Completed 1999
File:Olympic park station nsw.jpg, Olympic Park railway station, Sydney. Competed 1998

Sustainable

Notable examples in Australia include: 60L (Melbourne); CH2 (Melbourne); K2 Apartments (Windsor, Victoria); Dunc Gray Velodrome (Sydney); Forest EcoCentre (Tasmania); Rozak House (Noonamah, Northern Territory).

File:K2 apartments windsor.jpg, K2 Apartments. Windsor, Victoria. Completed 2006. Highly visible solar panels, prominent natural ventilators and use of natural materials.
File:CH2 from Tivoli Arcade Melbourne.jpg, Council House 2. Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Completed 2006. World's first 6 star green rating building features louvered facade, natural and recycled materials, solar panels and thermal mass cooling.
File:Dunc Gray Veledrom in Bass Hill New South Wales.jpg, Dunc Gray Velodrome

Green building

File:(1)Central building Broadway Sydney-1.jpg, One Central Park, Sydney

Modern

File:Brisbane Square July 06.jpg, Brisbane Square. Brisbane; completed 2006.
File:Brisbanemoma.jpg, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. Brisbane; completed 2008.
File:View from 108 St Georges Terrace, Perth 06 (E37@OpenHousePerth2014).JPG, Brookfield Place, Perth, completed 2012.
File:International Towers Sydney, 2017 (01).jpg, International Towers Sydney, 2017
File:200 George Street.jpg, 200 George Street, Sydney, 2016
File:World Square Sydney.jpg, World Square, Sydney. 2005
File:ICC Sydney Convention Block, March 2017.jpg, International Convention Centre Sydney. Completed 2017

See also

* List of Australian architects
* List of architectural styles

References

Bibliography

* ''Apperly, Richard; Irving, Robert; Reynolds, Peter'' (1989). "A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture: Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present," Angus & Robertson.
*''Ulrike Laule, Rolf Toman, Achim Bednorz - Architecture of the Middle Ages'' - Background to the Gothic Revival style.
* ''George Wilkie - Building Your Own Home'' - Section on Architectural Styles
* https://web.archive.org/web/20091024003216/http://geocities.com/asiedydd/styles.htm
* http://www.canberrahouse.com.au/organic.html
* http://www.wiki.jeremymacpherson.net/index.php?title=Research_Guide_1:_Buildings#Key_Architectural_Styles
* sydneyarchitecture.com ''Chronology of Styles in Australian Architecture''- https://web.archive.org/web/20140908110249/http://sydneyarchitecture.com/STYLES/search-style.htm

External links

Photo of St Paul's Cathedral taken from the steps of Flinders Street Station

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