Apple in Fed Square Debate 2018

In partnership with PIA, AIA, and AILA, Open House Melbourne hosted a free public debate on the evening of 13th February at Deakin Edge, Federation Square.

In late December 2017, the Victorian Government and Federation Square Management announced that the 15-year-old Yarra Building at Federation Square would be demolished to make way for a new Foster+Partners-designed ‘flagship’ Apple store. In partnership with PIA, AIA, and AILA, Open House Melbourne hosted a free public debate with Jonathan Tribe, CEO Fed Square; Donald Bates, Director Lab Architects; Jill Garner, State Government Architect OVGA; Martine Letts, CEO Committee for Melbourne; Councillor Rohan Leppert, City of Melbourne; Tania Davidge, Architect and Citizens for Melbourne; Esther Anatolitis, Executive Director NAVA; and Ron Jones, Director Jones and Whitehead.

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Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.