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Melbourne: Spencer Street Redevelopment « Previous | |Next »
August 22, 2005

An iconic public building?

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Melbourne's new Spencer Street Railway Station. Is it more iconic than Federation Square?

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The complex curve-on-curve is a rupture with a rectangular modernism.

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Nicholas Grimshaw, Redevelopment of Spencer Street Station into Southern Cross Station based on a contemporary reinterpretation of the great roof sheds of the nineteenth century.

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The innovative design will allow the station to become a central transport nodal hub that services regional and interstate rail and bus connections.

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