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Joseph Reed (c. 1823–1890), a Cornishman by birth, was a prolific and influential Victorian era architect in Melbourne, Australia. He established his practice in 1853, which through various partnerships and name changes, continues today as Bates Smart , one of the oldest firms continually operating in Australia.
Joseph Reed designed the Melbourne Town Hall. As the leading Melbourne architect of the late 19th century he was responsible for many of the major public buildings that are identified with the city. Six months after arriving in Melbourne he won the competition to design the Melbourne Public Library.
Joseph Reed (1823?-1890), architect, was probably the child baptized in the parish of Constantine, Cornwall, England, on 23 February 1823, son of Nicholas Reed, landowner, and his wife Amy, née Hitchins.
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Joseph Reed, an English born architect, arrived in Melbourne in 1853, and was the second commissioned architect of the University after Francis Maloney White, who had designed the Quadrangle.
Minerva Access. Architecture, Building and Planning. Architecture, Building and Planning - Theses. Joseph Reed : architect, Melbourne 1852-90, his life and work and the practice he established.
When the English architect of St Paul’s Cathedral (who never bothered to visit Australia) resigned and Joseph Reed took over, he turned his business skills to promoting the missionary ecclesiastical high-rise aspirations (and dollars) to the Anglicans.
Joseph Reed, Architect, Melbourne: his life and work and the practice he established Imprint Bates Smart & McCutcheon, Melbourne, 1953
