Prize Design for the Melbourne International Exhibition Building

Joseph Reed, of the firm Reed and Barnes, was the architect. Reed&#8217s was a grand design, influenced by Rundbogenstil, a round-arched architectural style combining elements from Byzantine, Romanesque, Lombardic and Italian Renaissance buildings. The dome&#8217s design was influenced by Brunelleschi&#8217s 15th-century cathedral in Florence. For the celebrations around the opening of the first Federal Parliament in 1901, the exterior of the building was lit with festoons of small incandescent lights. Source http://museumvictoria.com.au/reb/history/the-building/ From the original edition of the Australasian Sketcher.