Sydney Architecture : Sydney Sandstone , Colonial , Victorian and Federation , Art Deco , Modernism , Brutalism , Contemporary , About Sydney architecture, 1816 to 2022: timeline A survey of 82 Sydney buildings and places, from the colonial town to the present. Each has its own entry, with photographs, a history, a drawing to scale and a map of its streets.
Cadmans Cottage , 1816Hyde Park Barracks , 1819St James’ Church , 1824Tusculum , 1837National Art School (Darlinghurst Gaol) , 1841Darlinghurst Courthouse , 1844Hero of Waterloo Hotel , 1844Susannah Place , 1844Government House , 1845Garrison Church , 1846Fort Denison , 1857Sydney Observatory , 1859Argyle Cut , 1859University of Sydney Quadrangle , 1862Australian Museum , 1866St Andrew’s Cathedral , 1868The Great Synagogue , 1878Garden Palace , 1879Chief Secretary’s Building , 1881St Mary’s Cathedral , 1882ASN Co Building , 1885Caerleon , 1885Justice & Police Museum , 1886Customs House , 1887Sydney Town Hall , 1889General Post Office , 1891Lands Department Building , 1892The Strand Arcade , 1892Queen Victoria Building , 1898Central Station , 1906Art Gallery of New South Wales , 1909Sydney Trades Hall , 1916Grace Building , 1930BMA House , 1930Kyle House , 1931Sydney Harbour Bridge , 1932Anzac Memorial , 1934Orpheum, Cremorne , 1935City Mutual Life Building , 1936Transport House (Railway House) , 1936Metro Theatre (the Minerva) , 1939AWA Tower , 1939State Library, Mitchell Building , 1942Rose Seidler House , 1950Qantas House , 1957Liner House , 1960AMP Building , 1962Blues Point Tower , 1962Fisher Library , 1962Polish War Memorial Chapel , 1966Australia Square , 1967Harry and Penelope Seidler House , 1967Reader’s Digest Building , 1967Sir John Clancy Auditorium , 1971Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education , 1972Sydney Opera House , 1973Warringah Civic Centre , 1973Seidler Offices , 1973Molecular Bioscience Building (G08) , 1973Matavai and Turanga , 1976Town Hall House , 1977Law Courts Building , 1977Commercial Travellers’ Association Club , 1977UNSW Library Tower , 1977MLC Centre (25 Martin Place) , 1978UTS Tower , 1979Sydney Masonic Centre , 1979Sirius , 1980Sydney Tower , 1981St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Sutherland , 1982Hurstville Civic Centre , 1982Sydney Police Centre , 1987Australian National Maritime Museum , 1991Governor Phillip Tower , 1993Olympic Park Station , 1998Aurora Place , 2000Surry Hills Library and Community Centre , 20091 Bligh Street , 2011One Central Park , 2014Dr Chau Chak Wing Building , 2015Quay Quarter Tower , 2022Naala Badu, Art Gallery of New South Wales , 2022