Fosters' Melbourne Apple store scuppered by heritage authority

摘要

Plans drawn up by Foster + Partners for an Apple store in the heart of Melbourne have been knocked down by the state's heritage authority. Heritage Victoria has refused the planning application, which would have seen the Yarra Building at Federation Square demolished and replaced by the Apple store. Federation Square, a precinct opposite the city's famous Flinders Street station and St Paul's cathedral, was designed by UK practice Lab Studios and local practice Bates Smart, opening in 2002.