Oakden, Addison and Kemp

Oakden, Addison and Kemp was an Australian architectural firm in Melbourne, Victoria.

[2][3] One of the earliest projects was North Park, a large mansion for Alex McCracken, of McCracken's Brewery, completed in 1888, which was amongst Melbourne's first examples of the Queen Anne style.

It was also designed in the new Queen Anne fashion, the tall spikes and spires of the roof adding to its verticality.

The next year they designed the more conventional, but still tall, premises for the YMCA headquarters, with its mansard roofs and internal hall.

The YMCA never occupied it, due to the financial crash of the 1890s, which also curtailed the work of the firm, and soon lost Addison as a partner in 1892 to establish a practice in Brisbane.

Ballarat Town Hall
The APA Building in Melbourne, designed by Addison and Kemp, was demolished in 1980.