Located at 258-260 Flinders Lane, it was designed by Harry Norris in an exotic Spanish /Moorish style, in strongly coloured faience.

[1] The Majorca Building was built on the corner of Centre Place, which provided access to the Centreway Arcade, and it terminates the vista looking north along Degraves Street, another laneway.

[citation needed] Architect Harry Norris was a frequent visitor to the United States in the interwar period, inspiring designs in styles that had not been seen in Victoria before, including Spanish Colonial Revival and Art Deco.

[5] The facade is executed entirely in faience, mostly in a deep oceanic blue, with foliated and rope moulded ornament in gold and, and detailing above the shop fronts that includes fish and shells.

[7] A Heritage Victoria database entry for Majorca House, says: "The Moorish influence in its terracotta façade places it firmly within the Melbourne tradition of exotic architecture in the late 1920s.