The image of the proposed Apple store is butt ugly and the Yarra building looks like it has already been demolished. Ready for the landfill. Are the photos reversed?
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Apple Cancels Federation Square Store in Australia After Demolition Plans Were Denied
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Am curious about what reasoning deems that building "heritage". It's not old. Presumably nothing special happened there. It's unique, but not in a good way: an incomplete facade failing to hide a boring architecture. Current occupancy does not appear special.
Apparently the _location_ is special, considering a retail chain with exceptionally high per-square-foot revenues wanted to build something expensive "there, or nowhere".
Sure, keep it if the locals think it special.
Apparently the _location_ is special, considering a retail chain with exceptionally high per-square-foot revenues wanted to build something expensive "there, or nowhere".
Sure, keep it if the locals think it special.
You should ask the 300 MILLION or so people who have bought on the new Apple products in the past year. We're enjoying life made better with great Apple products, (just love my new Mac mini!) while a tiny fraction of the world trolls on Apple all day. Winning with life! Come on over to the positive side, it's a lot more fun. I promise you where Apple builds a store in Melbourne won't impact your life.
That Yarra building looks like a pile of collapsed scaffolding.
I think the point of his posting was to show that any modernly Western designed structure would not fit in place of the Yarra building. So no matter what design Apple pitched it would not fit in
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If that's what you got from this you totally missed the point. I'll also add that there are people who value things other than money. Do you think the city and board are not aware of what could have been? Trust me, they are very aware of all the foot traffic and tax revenue, but more importantly they didn't want to destroy something they felt was important to them and the area and the locals agreed. Case closed.
The GPO building would've been perfect indeed! It's rather a mess with H&M occupying the space currently. what a shame
Although true that not everything created is art I would say that everything created with the intention of being art is art whether anyone other than the creator appreciates or not. And that building clearly isn't designed solely with utility in mind, therefor I'd include it in "art." Just not art that I personally find any beauty in.
It's an aside comment. Of late, Apple has let its achievements make it think it is virtuous and entitled. What Apple decides is right. What Apple wants, Apple gets. When people or organizations reach that level of self importance, they want to build momuments. Apple's over-the-top stores (and headquarters) are that. A lavish store—or restuarant—that demonstrates the tastes of a talented but humble owner is one thing. A lavish store that flaunts the wealth of an arrogant corporation is another.
I don't think you're using that correctly. I don't see Apple's minimalistic approach to be condescending in any way. If someone feels that way, it's on them. Apple has transformed retail spaces away from cluttered and confusing and that's a good thing!
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Again, purely a subjective opinion. Look at any major city, and more specifically at some of the more creative skyscrapers in them. Are you going to say the same thing about those owners? It's the creativity in the design that makes it interesting, rather than boring. Could Apple just build a whole bunch of boring square buildings? Yes. But why should they when they can get creative? Minimalism and simplicity is an outcome of creativity. Creativity does not need to be complex. The complexity is hidden.
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They very well might. They've cancelled the store ... at this location. That's all this article says. It doesn't say they don't plan on building a store at all, does it?
You know apple doesn't "think," right? It's not a person. It can't "feel" entitled. It can't be "arrogant." Nor is its headquarters "over the top." Have you been there? It fits right into the environment, and the only unique thing is that it's perfectly round. It's not like they built a giant skyscraper and named it after themselves.
Awesome, a couple dozen protesters got what they wanted, who cares what the other 4.8 million in Melbourne wanted, right? Got to give them credit though, they organized and lobbied and it worked.
That so-called historic building is all of 17 years old
But if the heritage authority wants to keep that building, that’s their choice. Apparently no one has been able to come up with an alternate site, so it looks like Apple will build the global flagship store in Sydney ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Skyscrapers and other luxury corporate diggs ARE ego monuments. Their owners, and the architects who designed them, admit this in every interview or documentary.
I said nothing about the designs themselves. I didn't argue that Apple's stores should be pragmatic. What I distrust is when a trending company or industry thinks their popularity and contributions deserve reverance. Apple's landmark stores are churches paying homage to products and Apple's success—they are not homages to humanity.
Well if you felt that way you should've been out counter-protesting.Awesome, a couple dozen protesters got what they wanted, who cares what the other 4.8 million in Melbourne wanted, right? Got to give them credit though, they organized and lobbied and it worked.
That so-called historic building is all of 17 years old
So is this the only available space in this entire shopping district? or anywhere else in the city? Apple has built stores inside malls and adapted to just any kind of existing footprint everywhere else with no issues.
Well I didn’t so much want an Apple store there as the Yarra to be bulldozed. Apple will be fine, they’ll just go to Sydney. But the Yarra’s not going anywhere
Same thing happened with the data center in Ireland. Even after the ruling to go ahead was given, the "concerned citizens" dragged it through the courts until Apple decided to abandon the project entirely.
You are familiar with the definition of personification, right? No. You apparently aren't. Refrain from recognizing only the literal interpretation of words and you'll improve your understanding of abstractions.
Obviously, a group diesn't have a singular conscience. Still, it has a culture which guides its behavior. It can have a collective attitude. If your literal interpretation is sufficient, why are companies—the virtual avatar—sued for transgressions rather than the employees who caused them?
As for Apple's spaceship headquarters, it is no less a status symbol. Cupertino required the campus to be discreet beyond its borders. That doesn't prevent Apple from showing it off to visitors and drones.
Well, a lot of design experts here.
Read this article:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/federation-square-building-demolished-for-apple-store/9275498
Then tell me that the Apple Store looks like it will fit right in...
This may have been mentioned already, but the "pizza hut pagoda" was the original design, and apple went back and changed it after a bunch of complaints.
There were protests about how ugly this original building is before it was even built. The government built it anyway. Protesters then complain about the proposed building and they listen.
Why is this? The local government covering the Melbourne CBD is composed mostly of anti corporation socialists due to the nature of the demographics of the people who live in the CBD. (The cbd doesn’t co twin typical Aussie’s)
Why is this? The local government covering the Melbourne CBD is composed mostly of anti corporation socialists due to the nature of the demographics of the people who live in the CBD. (The cbd doesn’t co twin typical Aussie’s)