 Laybourne Smith 's first major work with Woods , Bagot & Jory was the refurbishment of the National Bank building on King William Street , and from there he graduated to work on a number of notable buildings within South Australia and interstate . Both the firm in general and Laybourne Smith in particular were traditionalists in their designs , to the point where Page reports that Laybourne Smith took as a compliment a description of one of his works in 1965 as " striped pants and all " . This traditionalism was particularly evident in their work for the University of Adelaide . Between 1910 and 1945 , the firm served as architects to the University of Adelaide , and Bagot strove towards <unk> for the university . The result included a number of buildings that were designed by Laybourne Smith in a " Georgian revival " style , including the original heritage listed Student Union building and the main building of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute , which is also heritage listed and has been described as being " <unk> of the great English country houses " . Similarly , Laybourne Smith applied traditional designs to a number of ecclesiastical projects . These include St Cuthbert 's Anglican Church in North Adelaide , which is heritage listed as an example of Gothic Revival architecture ; and the romanesque St. Dominic 's Chapel at the Cabra Dominican College in Cumberland Park . 
