Melbourne architecture

Melbourne is one of the seven cities of UNESCO due to its rich literary history and modern enthusiasm for the written word. The Melbourne Writers Festival spans the widest range of writing, from Nobel Prize […]

Australia's second largest city still has many beautiful buildings from when the country was ruled by Queen Victoria's British Empire

Step off busy Bourke Street into a calmer space at Melbourne's GPO. Sunny steps, colonnades and cafes wrap around Australia's very first H&M store.

Australia's second largest city still has many beautiful buildings from when the country was ruled by Queen Victoria's British Empire

Shot towers might be mostly obsolete, they still make for lovely landmarks.

Melbourne is one of the seven cities of UNESCO due to its rich literary history and modern enthusiasm for the written word. The Melbourne Writers Festival spans the widest range of writing, from Nobel Prize […]

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“For me, Storey Hall was the start of a new Melbourne,” says Bennetts of the building on the RMIT campus by architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall. “It broke ground [in the mid-’90s], and confident, rigorous expression has flourished ever since.” Photo 6 of 10 in The Melbourne Supremacy.

Melbourne has entire suburbs on the edge of the city with streets of terrace houses such as this. Each with its own personality and variety of wrought-iron 'lace', concrete and glass ornamentation.

Designer Ali Ross installed a sense of grandeur and unassuming elegance to the most personal of all projects—her family home. Photographed by Timothy Kaye. Styling by Ali Ross Design.