Joseph Reed (1823?-1890) was probably the most influential Victorian era architect in Melbourne, Australia. He established a practice, Reed and Barnes in Melbourne in 1852. The practice now known as Bates Smart is one of the oldest continually operating in the world.

Reed's buildings represent an impressive body of work much of which still exists today. They include the classical State Library of Victoria (1856), Collins Street Independent Church (1867), and Melbourne Trades Hall (1873). In the fashionable Second Empire style Reed also designed Melbourne Town Hall (1870), Australia's only World Heritage building, the Royal Exhibition Building, completed for the 1880 International Exposition in Melbourne, and the now demolished Menzies Hotel (1867).