John Hart conservatory located in City Park in Launceston was designed in the early 1930s and has design elements of stripped classical and classical elements that wouldn’t look out of place in 1880s Victorian Launceston. This style, or elements of it can be seen in Launceston when viewing buildings from the 1920s and into the early 1930s. The former TAFE building in Wellington Street (stripped classical), Duncan House (Gothic Revival influences) and decorative motifs and details on the Finney’s building in Brisbane Street. In Hobart a good example of this Decorative Art Deco style is in the CML building with its use of colourful terracotta and gargoyles. Later examples from the Art Deco movement in the Tasmanian context were more streamline in their appearance, a preference of lines and geometric shapes over ornate decorative details. Such buildings as Holyman House in Launceston and the former Hydro Electric Commission building in Hobart.
