Melbourne Building - 7 Australian architectural features

The city of Melbourne in Australia is the second largest and offers a variety of architectural styles, tradition and modernity. During a visit to lovers of architecture in Melbourne is no shortage of beautiful buildings.

1. Flinders Street Station - built between 1905 and 1910, it was this icon in the Melbourne Grand Edwardian Baroque style, built this part of town dominated. The design of red brick and golden cream stucco won an architectural competition held in 1902. The trains werewas arriving at Flinders Street since 1854 and still today. It 'much more than a train station. Meeting under the clock "is part of the experience Melbourne.

2. In front of Flinders Street Station, is the ultra-modern Federation Square, with an original building, space and fixed on the public screen. The building is a U-shape around the main square. The walls of the eastern end of the square and its base is covered with blue stone. The main square is paved with 470,000 ocherSandstone of Western Australia. Federation Square is a popular place for performances, cultural events and meeting friends.

3. Compared to both Flinders Street Station and Federation Square, the example of Gothic Revival Cathedral of St. Paul's. Built in 1891, the St. Paul was built on the site of the first Christian service built by Melbourne, Melbourne was founded in 1835. The interior is carved in cedar wood, mosaic tiled floors, brick walls and stained glass.

4.Eureka Tower - the second tallest residential building in the world. The tower has a penthouse on the 87th floor. The tower is 300 meters tall with 92 floors and 3680 plans stairs.The ten to 24-karat gold glass windows. The Eureka Tower also offers "The Edge", a platform of reinforced glass made people think that the projects hanging over the city.

5. Southern Cross Station - the largest city of Melbourne has been restored railway station from 2002and in 2006 after an innovative design with a corrugated roof. The wave-shaped roof that covers a railway station, bus station, the restaurants, shops and a variety of platforms. The Royal Institute of British Architects awarded the Lubetkin Prize for the construction of the station's exceptional outside the European Union.

6. ANZ Building - as the best non-church in neo-Gothic style building in Australia, the building at the corner of Collins and Queen Street was built asthe headquarters of the English, Scottish and Australian Bank from 1883 to 1887. The apartment has a stone facade openings detailed, including tunnel Venetian Gothic architecture. The banking system chamber decorated with iron columns, ribs, capitals and sculptures. The building is now home to the ANZ Bank.

7. Leviathan Buliding - Melbourne has many architectural styles including Art Deco. Built in 1918, this Art elaborate 5-story building and Crafts style is Art Nouveau, Art Deco,Mannerism, Baroque and motivations Chicagoesque. Fancy flows support the cornice and the parapet of Art Nouveau features deep characters to write. The building is used for commercial purposes, with shops on the ground floor and offices above.