 He was invited to a limited competition called in 1888 by the company to design a 12 storey office building on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Flinders Lane, which was won Henry Hardie Kemp, who soon took on partners to become Oakden, Addison and Kemp.Beswicke was included in the project as he had studied tall buildings, and probably provided technical advice, while the Queen Anne style of what became known as the Australian Building (aka APA Building) was Kemp's.The remarkable structure was amongst the worlds tallest at the time, and it remained Melbourne's tallest until the 1920s, and was demolished in 1980.