List of Art Deco buildings in Sydney

This is a list of buildings in Sydney completed in the Inter-War Art Deco, Streamline Moderne and Functionalist styles that are historically significant.

Minerva Theare in Kings Cross (1939)

Apartment and residential buildings

The Edgewater flats, 1937.

Staircase, Belgenny, Taylor Square

Entrance, Wychbury, Potts Point

• Adereham Hall, 71 Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay
• Belgenny, 389 Bourke Street, Surry Hills
• Billyard House, 21b Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Birtley Towers, 8 Birtley Place, Elizabeth Bay
• Cahors, 117Macleay Street, Potts Point
• Caversham Court, 23 Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Chatsbury, 6 Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay
• Cherwood, 3 Barncleuth Square, Elizabeth Bay
• Claridge, 28-30 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst
• Edgewater, 6 Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Eltham, 18 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Franconia (Sydney, Australia), Macleay Street, Potts Point
• Gowrie Gate, 115 Macleay Street, Potts Point
• Huntingdon, 8 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Kanimbla Hall, 19-19a Tusculum Street, Potts Point
• Macleay Regis, 12 Macleay Street, Potts Point
• Mahratta, Wahroonga
• Marlborough Hall, 4 Ward Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Melrose, 23A Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Mont Clair, 347 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst
• The Oxley, 12 Ward Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Park View, 7 St Neot Avenue, Potts Point
• Pembroke Hall, Onslow Place, Elizabeth Bay
• Royal Court, 227 Crown Street, Darlinghurst
• The Rutland, 381 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst
• Somerset, 23 Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Tahoe, 67 Roslyn Street, Elizabeth Bay
• Tara, 3 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• Trent Bridge, 17 St Neot Avenue, Potts Point
• Werrington, 85 Macleay Street, Potts Point
• Winston, 2a Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay
• The Wroxton, 22 Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay
• Wychbury, 5 Manning Street, Potts Point
• 3 Onslow Place, Elizabeth Bay
• 7 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
• 17 Wylde Street, Potts Point
• 17 Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay
• 20 Macleay Street, Potts Point

Cinemas and theatres

Atrium, State Theatre, Sydney

• Crest Cinema, Blaxcell Street, Granville
• Enmore Theatre, 118-132 Enmore Road, Newtown[1]
• Hayden Orpheum, Military Road, Cremorne
• Minerva Theatre, Orwell Street, Potts Point
• Niterider Theatre Restaurant, 55-57 Parramatta Road, Homebush
• Paris Theatre (demolished), Liverpool Street, Sydney
• Ritz Cinema, 45 St Pauls Street, Randwick[2][3]
• State Theatre Building, Market Street, Sydney[4]
• United Cinemas, Collaroy Beach, 1097 Pittwater Road, Collaroy
• Valhalla Cinema, (old Astor), Glebe

Cultural buildings

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay, Sydney[5]
• North Sydney Olympic Pool, Milsons Point[6]

Hotels and pubs

• Albury Hotel, Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
• Charing Cross Hotel, Carrington Road, Waverley
• Civic Hotel, Pitt Street, Sydney
• County Clare Hotel, Broadway, Sydney
• Golden Barley Hotel, Cnr Edgeware Road & Llewellyn Street, Enmore
• Light Brigade Hotel, Oxford Street, Paddington
• North Annandale Hotel, 105 Johnson Street, Annandale
• Robin Hood Hotel, 203 Bronte Road, Waverley
• Tea Gardens Hotel, Bronte Road, Bondi Junction
• Unicorn Hotel, Oxford Street, Paddington
• Westminster Hotel, Broadway, Sydney

Institutional buildings and facilities

• Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord[7][8]
• Dental Hospital of Sydney, Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
• King George V Memorial Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown[9]
• St Margaret's Hospital, Bourke Street, Surry Hills[10]

Office buildings

• AMA House, Sydney, Macquarie Street, Sydney[11]
• Asbestos House, York Street, Sydney
• Australian Catholic Insurance Building, York Street, Sydney
• Amalgamated Wireless Australia (AWA) Building, York Street, Sydney[12]
• Berlei House, Regent Street, Chippendale[13]
• Challis House, Martin Place, Sydney[14]
• City Mutual Life Assurance Building, Hunter Street, Sydney[15]
• Commonwealth Bank Building, Roseville, Sydney
• Commonwealth Trading Bank Building, Martin Place, Sydney[16]
• Grace Building, York Street, Sydney[17]
• Kyle House, Macquarie Place, Sydney[18]
• Mutual Life & Citizens Building, Martin Place, Sydney[19]
• Overseas Union Bank Building, Martin Place, Sydney
• Rural Bank Building (demolished), Martin Place Sydney
• Sydney Water Head Office, Bathurst Street, Sydney;[20] under redevelopment as part of the Greenland Centre Sydney
• Transport House, York Street, Sydney[21][22]
• Wynyard House, York Street, Sydney

Public buildings and facilities

Spire, Holy Cross, Woollahra

• ANZAC War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney[23][24]
• Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney
• Erskineville Town Hall[25]
• King George VI Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney
• Petersham Town Hall[26][27]
• Rockdale Town Hall[28]
• St Peters Town Hall

Religious buildings

• Holy Cross Church, Woollahra
• Sydney Chevra Kadisha, Oxford Street, Woollahra

References

1. "Enmore Theatre". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
2. "Ritz Theatre". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00348. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
3. Bell, Philip (1998). The Americanization of Australia. Sydney: UNSW Press. p. 67. ISBN 0-86840-784-4.
4. "State Theatre". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00446. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
5. "Museum of Contemporary Art". Sydney Architecture. n.d. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
6. "North Sydney Olympic Pool". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
7. "Concord Heritage Society Walker Estates Subcommittee". Concord Heritage Society Inc. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
8. Walker Trusts Act 1938 No. 31, as amended. State of New South Wales.
9. "King George V Hospital – the grand dame of Australian modern architecture turns 70" (PDF). Media Release. NSW Health - Sydney Local Health Network Media Unit. 27 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
10. St Margaret's Hospital (1894 - 1998), Find & Connect. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
11. "BMA House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00252. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
12. "AWA Building and Tower". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00665. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
13. "City of Sydney Archives" (PDF). City of Sydney. 2008. p. 15. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
14. "Challis House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00666. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
15. "City Mutual Life Assurance Building". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00585. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
16. "Commonwealth Trading Bank Building, 108-120 Pitt St, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Place ID 1837)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
17. "Grace Building". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00712. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
18. "Kyle House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00654. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
19. "MLC Building (Former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00597. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
20. "Sydney Water Head Office (former) (1939 building)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01645. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
21. "Transport House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01271. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
22. "Former Railway House (Part of Transport House) Including Interiors". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
23. "ANZAC Memorial". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01822. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
24. "History". Anzac Memorial. Department of Premier and Cabinet, New South Wales Government. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
25. "Erskineville's chocolate town hall reopens for 75th year" (Press release). City of Sydney. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
26. "Petersham Town Hall / Old Council Chambers/ Marrickville Council". The Production Book. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
27. "Venues details for hirers - Petersham Town Hall" (PDF). Marrickville Council. 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
28. "Rockdale Town Hall". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

External links

• Art Deco World