List of Art Deco buildings in Sydney

Minerva Theare in Kings Cross (1939)

Grace Building (1930)

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

Apartment and residential buildings[]

The Edgewater flats, 1937.

Staircase, Belgenny, Taylor Square

Entrance, Wychbury, Potts Point

, 71 Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay
, 389 Bourke Street, Surry Hills
, 21b Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, 8 Birtley Place, Elizabeth Bay
, 117Macleay Street, Potts Point
, 23 Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, 6 Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay
, 3 Barncleuth Square, Elizabeth Bay
, 28-30 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst
, 6 Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, 18 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, Macleay Street, Potts Point
Gowrie Gate, 115 Macleay Street, Potts Point
, 8 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, 19-19a Tusculum Street, Potts Point
, 12 Macleay Street, Potts Point
Mahratta, Wahroonga
, 4 Ward Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
Melrose, 23A Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, 347 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst
, 12 Ward Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, 7 St Neot Avenue, Potts Point
, Onslow Place, Elizabeth Bay
, 227 Crown Street, Darlinghurst
, 381 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst
Somerset, 23 Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, 67 Roslyn Street, Elizabeth Bay
, 3 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
, 17 St Neot Avenue, Potts Point
, 85 Macleay Street, Potts Point
, 2a Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay
The Wroxton, 22 Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay
, 5 Manning Street, Potts Point
, Elizabeth Bay
, Elizabeth Bay
, Potts Point
17 Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay
20 Macleay Street, Potts Point

Cinemas and theatres[]

Atrium, State Theatre, Sydney

, Blaxcell Street, Granville
Enmore Theatre, 118-132 Enmore Road, Newtown^[1]
, Military Road, Cremorne
Minerva Theatre, Orwell Street, Potts Point
, 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]
, Collaroy Beach, 1097 Pittwater Road, Collaroy
, (old Astor), Glebe

Cultural buildings[]

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

Hotels and pubs[]

, Oxford St & Barcom Ave, Darlinghurst
Australian Hotel, Broadway & Abercrombie St Chippendale
Blue's Point Hotel, Blue's Point Rd & French St McMahon's Point
Botany View Hotel, King & Darley Sts Newtown
Bridge Hotel, Victoria Rd & Wellington St Rozelle
Canterbury Hotel, Canterbury Rd & Tincombe St Canterbury
, Carrington Rd & Victoria St, Waverley
Century Hotel (former), George & Liverpool Sts Sydney
, Pitt & Goulburn Sts Sydney
, Broadway & Kensington St Chippendale
Criterion Hotel, Park & Pitt Sts Sydney
Golden Sheaf Hotel, 429 New South Head Rd Double Bay
Erskineville Hotel, Erskineville Rd & Septimus St Erskineville
, Edgeware Rd & Llewellyn St Enmore
Grose Farm Hotel (now the Alfred Hotel), Missenden Rd & Dunblane St Camperdown
Imperial Hotel, Erskineville Rd & Union St Erskineville
Henson Park Hotel, Illawarra Rd & Chapel St Marrickville
Horse & Jockey Hotel, Parramatta Rd & Knight St Hombush
Hotel Broadway, Broadway & Shepherd St Chippendale
Hotel Hollywood, Hunt & Foster Sts Surry Hills
Hunter's Hill Hotel, Gladesville Rd & Joubert St Hunter's Hill
Hurstville Hotel, Forest Rd & McMahon St Hurstville
Kauri Foreshore Hotel, Pyrmont Bridge Rd & Bellevue St Glebe
Kirribilli Hotel, Broughton St & Crescent Ln Kirribilli
Kurrajong Hotel, Swanson & Park Sts Erskineville
, Oxford St & Jersey Rd Paddington
Marlborough Hotel, King St & Missenden Rd Newtown
Marrickville Hotel, Marrickville & Illawarra Rds Marrickville
, 105 Johnson Street, Annandale
Petersham Inn, Parramatta Rd & Phillip St Petersham
Pier Hotel, Botany Rd & Excell St Banksmeadow
Pymble Hotel, 1134 Pacific Hwy Pymble
, 203 Bronte Rd Waverley
Rose, Shamrock & Thistle Hotel, 27 Oxford St Paddington
Rosebery Hotel, Botany & Epsom Rds Rosebery
Rozelle Hotel, 118 Victoria Rd Rozelle
Royal Hotel, Railway Pde & Jubilee St Carlton
Royal Hotel, 484 Princes Hwy Rockdale
Royal Oak Hotel, 50 Railway St Lidcombe
Royal Sheaf Hotel, Hume Hwy & Burwood Rd Burwood
, 2-4 Bronte Rd Bondi Junction
Tennyson Hotel, Botany Rd & High St Mascot
The Lakes Hotel, Gardeners Rd & Macquarie St Rosebery
, Oxford & Hopewell Sts Paddington
Union Hotel, King & Union Sts Newtown
Union Hotel, Pacific Hwy & West St North Sydney
United Australia Hotel (now Sydney Park Hotel), King & Lord Sts St Peters
Vauxhall Inn, Parramatta Rd & Woodville Rd Granville
Westminster Hotel, Broadway & Regent St Chippendale

Institutional buildings and facilities[]

Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord^[7]^[8]
, 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]
, York Street, Sydney
, 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]
, 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]
, Martin Place, Sydney
(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]
, York Street, Sydney

Public buildings and facilities[]

Holy Cross Church, Adelaide Street (designed by Austin Mackay)

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

Religious buildings[]

, Woollahra
, Oxford Street, Woollahra

References[]

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

External links[]

Art Deco World

[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. Australian Government. 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.

[cos-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.

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