Heritage buildings

Heritage buildings are an integral part of Australia's history, many of which have great value in our cultural inheritance. The Institute's heritage architects are compiling data on our built heritage, the most significant examples of which will be available on this website as the Australian Institute of Architects Heritage Register.

The following nine projects form the Institute’s nomination to the International Union of Architects’ (UIA) World Register of Significant Twentieth Century Australian Architecture.

Sydney Opera House
New Parliament House
Newman College
ICI House
NGA and High Court
Australia Square
The Shine Dome
Sidney Myer Musical Bowl
Cameron Offices

The following sixteen twentieth century residential places form the Institute’s nomination to the International Union of Architects’ (UIA) World Register of Significant Twentieth Century Australian Architecture and to the Australian Government National Heritage List.

Officer, Chadwick & Annear Houses
Myendetta Homestead
Eryldene
Walter Burley Griffin Housing Precinct
Wyldefel Gardens
Stanhill Flats
Rose Seidler Rose & Marcus Seidler Housing Precinct
Wylde Street Apartments
Grounds House & Flats
McIntyre House
Ancher House III
Robin Boyd House II
Woolley House
Buhrich House II
Magney House
‘C’ House

Institute National Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture
The following seventy four places form the Institute’s list of Nationally Significant Twentieth Century Residential Architecture.

Australian Capital Territory
Benjamin House
Forrest Townhouses
Moir House
Northbourne Housing Precinct (Dickson & Lyneham Flats)
Paterson House
Swinger Hill
Urambi Village

Northern Territory
Marika-Alderton House

New South Wales
7 Elizabeth Street
Ancher House III
Audette House
Blues Point Tower
Boomerang
Buhrich House II
Eryldene
Evatt House (Rickard House I)
Harry and Penelope Seidler House
Jack House
Magney House
Maytone Avenue Houses
Redstone (Winter House)
Rose Seidler, Rose and Marcus Seidler Houses
Simpson-Lee House II
Walter Burley Griffin Housing Precinct
Woolley House
Wylde Street Apartments
Wyldefel Gardens

Queensland
“C” house
Addison House no.1
Campbell house, Graceville
Carpenter Hall House
Clare House, Buderim
Clarke House
Dalton House
Graham House
Home, Kangaroo Point
Langer House
Masel House
Myendetta Homestead
Poole house, Lake Weyba
Santa Barbara
St Lucia House
Torbreck
Wilson House

South Australia
Deep Acres Apartments
McConnell Residence
Walkley Residence
Wright Residence

Tasmania
McNeill Holiday House
Tripptree House
Viney House
Young House

Victoria
BHP House (former)
Brambuk Centre
Building 8, RMIT University
Burnham Beeches
Cairo flats
Capitol House & Theatre
Caringal Flats
Domed Building, State Library of Victoria
ETA Factory
Featherston House
Glyn
Grounds House and Flats
Heidelberg Municipal Offices & Town Hall
Jackson House
Mac Robertson Girls High School
Manchester Unity Building
McCraith House
McIntyre House
McPherson’s Building
Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Terrace Apartments
Mercy Hospital (former)
National Gallery of Victoria (former)
Newburn Flats
Officer, Chadwick & Annear Houses
Olympic Swimming Stadium (former)
Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees Union Building
Preshil, Margaret Lyttle Junior School
Robin Boyd House II
Sanitarium Health Food Company Complex
Stanhill Flats
State Government Offices
Storey Hall, RMIT University
Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne
Yule House

Western Australia
Brackenridge House
Clifton House
Kulahea
Lawson Flats
Lexbourne House
Mount Eliza Apartments
Ooi House
Overman Residence, Applecross
Park Street House
Studio Iwanoff
The Priesthouse, Mullewa

The task of compiling the data on the residential places was undertaken by the Institute's National Heritage Taskforce in 2009-2010: ACT - Graeme Trickett, NSW - Paul Hogben, NT - Geoffrey Wells, QLD - Robert Riddel, SA - Michael Queale, VIC - Peter Johnson, WA - John Taylor.