The former Reserve Bank in Hobart is significant example of Modernism and was designed by the Commonwealth Department of Works. Throughout Australian capital cities there were reserve banks designed in the Modernist aesthetic throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The Hobart Reserve bank has similarities in design aesthetic to 10 Murray Street Government offices (demolished) seen in its concrete framework. There is an excellent example of artwork outside the main entry in the form of a bas relief by bronze artist Stephen Walker - he designed many artworks that complemented buildings and civic spaces throughout Tasmania. In 2012 the building was awarded the enduring architecture award in the Tasmanian architecture awards. You can view more photographs capturing this period of Tasmanian architecture, design and history (1930-1980s) on the Tasmanian Modernism website www.tryanphotos.com/tasmanian-modernism