Architecture of Australia

1988 – Australian Parliament Building, Capital Hill, Canberra

In 1978 the government decided to proceed with a new building on Capital Hill,

1992 – Chifley Tower, Sydney, Australia

Considered the second-tallest building in Sydney,

1993 – Governor Phillip Tower, Sydney, Australia

Governor Phillip Tower sits 10 floors above street level on a series of large beams atop a 4-level sandstone-clad podium (upon which Governor Macquarie Tower also sits).

2000 – Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia

Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Aurora Place is a pair of towers for office and residential use.

2005 – Deutsche Bank Place, Sydney, Australia

Architect: Foster + Partners

Construction began in 2002 and was completed in 2005.

2006 – John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, Australia

Architect: Lyons Architects

The John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University is a prestigious medical research facility that counts two Nobel Prize-winners among its alumni.

2009 – One Shelley St., Sydney, Australia

Architect: Fitzpatrick + Partners

According to the architects: “The deliberate expression of One Shelley Street’s external diagonal structure juxtaposes itself against the orthogonal expression of the surrounding city buildings,

2009 – Surry Hills Library, Sydney, Australia

Architect: Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

Establishing a new Australian standard of excellence for environmentally sustainable design in civic buildings,

2011 – No.12 Shelley St., Sydney, Australia

This 11 storey commercial tower purpose-designed for tenant American Express, is located on a prime CBD site in the highly sought after King Street Wharf Precinct.