List of Art Deco buildings in Tasmania explained

This list of Art Deco buildings in Tasmania includes historically significant Art Deco buildings in Tasmania.

Art Deco is a loose term, that may include:

• Interwar Free Classicism (Deco Free Classicism): using classical motifs largely as decoration, in a very stylised or abstracted manner, with little reference to the norms of the classical language
• Jazz Moderne [Zig-Zag Moderne]: No particular classical references. Angular lines and vertical emphasis. Somewhat related to ‘Skyscraper Gothic’.
• Streamline Moderne

No particular classical references. Curved lines and horizontal emphasis. Related to the ‘streamlining’ of contemporary forms of transport.

Office and commercial buildings

• Commonwealth Bank Building, Hobart, Elizabeth Street, Hobart
• Hobart Mercury Building, Hobart^[1]
• Hydro-Electric Commission Building, Davey Street, Hobart
• Prudential Insurance Building, Elizabeth Street, Hobart
• T&G Insurance Building, Hobart
• Colonial Mutual Life building, Hobart
• Original Myer Building, Liverpool Street, Hobart (Destroyed By fire 22 September 2007)
• Former Government Printer, 2-4 Salamanca Place, Hobart
• Land's Building, Hobart
• The State Library of Tasmania, Hobart
• 10 Murray Street, Hobart (demolished 2018)
• Holyman House, corner of Brisbane and George Street, Launceston^[2]
• Hotel Charles (Old Launceston General Hospital), Launceston^[3]
• Park Hotel, Invermay Road, Launceston
• Former Tasmania Savings Bank, Invermay Road, Launceston
• Holmes Building, corner Brisbane and Charles Street, Launceston
• Duncan House, Launceston
• Princess Theatre, Launceston
• Alfred Harrap Building, corner of Tamar and Cimitier Street, Launceston
• Shepherds Bakery, corner Quadrant and St John Street, Launceston
• Medibank House (Launceston Gas Company), St John Street, Launceston
• Lucks Corner, corner Patterson and George Street, Launceston
• Star Theatre (St Vincent De Pauls), Invermay Road, Launceston
• Rapson Tyre Factory, west end of Gleadow Street, Invermay, Launceston
• Deacons Corner, corner Lytton Street and Invermay Road, Invermay, Launceston
• Legacy House, Launceston
• Hently House, Launceston
• Don College, Devonport

Institutional buildings

• Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart

See also

• List of Art Deco architecture
• List of Art Deco architecture in Oceania

Notes and References

1. Web site: A new creative hub breathes life into old Mercury building . Tasmanian Times . 5 March 2024 . 22 September 2013.
2. Web site: Burgess . Georgie . Tasmania's Art Deco, modernist architecture captured by photographer Thomas Ryan . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 5 March 2024 . 9 May 2022.
3. Web site: Twentieth Century Architecture in Launceston . Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery . Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery . 6 March 2024 . Launceston . 1985.