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.

Apartment and residential buildings[edit]

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
Elston Court, 124 Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft
Eltham, 18 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay
Franconia (Sydney, Australia), Macleay Street, Potts Point
Franklyn Court, 126 Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft
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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Hotels and pubs[edit]

Albury Hotel, 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
Charing Cross Hotel, Carrington Rd & Victoria St, Waverley
Century Hotel (former), George & Liverpool Sts Sydney
Civic Hotel, Pitt & Goulburn Sts Sydney
County Clare Hotel, 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
Golden Barley Hotel, 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
Light Brigade Hotel, Oxford St & Jersey Rd Paddington
Marlborough Hotel, King St & Missenden Rd Newtown
Marrickville Hotel, Marrickville & Illawarra Rds Marrickville
North Annandale Hotel, 105 Johnson Street, Annandale
Petersham Inn, Parramatta Rd & Phillip St Petersham
Pier Hotel, Botany Rd & Excell St Banksmeadow
Pymble Hotel, 1134 Pacific Hwy Pymble
Robin Hood Hotel, 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
Tea Gardens Hotel, 2-4 Bronte Rd Bondi Junction
Tennyson Hotel, Botany Rd & High St Mascot
The Lakes Hotel, Gardeners Rd & Macquarie St Rosebery
Unicorn Hotel, 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[edit]

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[edit]

AMA House, Sydney, Macquarie Street, Sydney^[11]
Asbestos House, 65 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 Bank Building, North Strathfield, 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 (1936–1983), 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Enmore Theatre". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
^ "Ritz Theatre". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00348. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ 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. Department of Planning & Environment. H00446. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Museum of Contemporary Art". Sydney Architecture. n.d. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "North Sydney Olympic Pool". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & 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. Department of Planning & Environment. H00252. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "AWA Building and Tower". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00665. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "City of Sydney Archives" (PDF). City of Sydney. 2008. p. 15. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "Challis House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00666. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "City Mutual Life Assurance Building". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00585. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "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. Department of Planning & Environment. H00712. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Kyle House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00654. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "MLC Building (Former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00597. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Sydney Water Head Office (former) (1939 building)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01645. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Transport House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01271. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Former Railway House (Part of Transport House) Including Interiors". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^ "ANZAC Memorial". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01822. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "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 & Heritage. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

External links[edit]

Art Deco World

[1] "Enmore Theatre". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

[2] "Ritz Theatre". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00348. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[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. Department of Planning & Environment. H00446. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[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 & 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. Department of Planning & Environment. H00252. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[12] "AWA Building and Tower". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00665. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[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. Department of Planning & Environment. H00666. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[15] "City Mutual Life Assurance Building". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00585. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[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. Department of Planning & Environment. H00712. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[18] "Kyle House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00654. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[19] "MLC Building (Former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00597. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[20] "Sydney Water Head Office (former) (1939 building)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01645. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[21] "Transport House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01271. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[22] "Former Railway House (Part of Transport House) Including Interiors". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[23] "ANZAC Memorial". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01822. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

[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 & Heritage. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

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Apartment and residential buildings[edit]

Cinemas and theatres[edit]

Cultural buildings[edit]

Hotels and pubs[edit]

Institutional buildings and facilities[edit]

Office buildings[edit]

Public buildings and facilities[edit]

Religious buildings[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]