As Apple’s most significant store in the Southern Hemisphere, Apple Federation Square will create a new destination where the community can gather, shop, be inspired, educated and entertained.
One of the original architects of Federation Square says the public has misunderstood the space's purpose, as the Victorian Government faces backlash over plans to replace a building with an Apple store.
The Victorian government is pushing on with a controversial Apple flagship store plan for Federation Square after the Greens failed to block it.
Updated 22 February
The government's decision to allow Apple to build a shop in Federation Square is inglorious on multiple fronts – the process leading to the decision, the adopted architectural response and the overt commercialisation of Melbourne's premier civic and cultural space.
