nders Street Station (1909), the busiest commuter railway station in the world built in the French Renaissance style. The city also features the Shrine of Remembrance which was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I and is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war. The now demolished Queen Ann style APA Australian Building (1889), the world's 3rd tallest building at the time of completion, is said to have anticipated the skyscraper race in New York City and Chicago.
The Melbourne skyline, the second largest in Australia, is dominated by modern office buildings including Eureka Tower (2006), the 10th tallest residential building in the world and the Rialto Towers (1986), built on the site of several grand classical Victorian buildings, two of which�the Rialto Building (1889) designed by William Pitt and the Winfield Building (1890) designed by Charles DEbro & Richard Speight�still remain today. As of 2012, the city contains a total of 594 high-rise buildings, with 8 under construction, 71 planned and 39 at proposal stage.
Residential architecture is not defined by a single architectural style, but rather an eclectic mix of modern free-standing dwellings in the metropolitan area (particularly in areas of urban sprawl) which is perhaps the most common type of housing outside inner Melbourne, Victorian terrace housing, townhouses and historic Italianate, Tudor revival and Neo-Georgian mansions common in neighbourhoods such as Toorak
