The Apple Store That Never Was

[entropys]

Melbourne isn’t good enough for a flagship Apple Store. And an Apple store would only improve that horrific fed square.
Maybe instead of Trump buying Greenland, we could pay him to take Victoria?

 

[cocky jeremy]

"Cultural significance" It's an old, crappy building. Calm down.

 

[canadianreader]

I disagree. I can see why the community living there objected to a consumer temple brought in from abroad. The still standing Yarra building is in architectural sync with the other buildings on the Federation Square while Apple’s glass bunker would have broken it.

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Yeah that's what I thought at first why would anyone agree on replacing a piece of history by, as you put it so well, a temple of consumerism but again from purely aesthetic perspective, in my opinion the 3d render is a little more attractive than the historical building.

 

[JippaLippa]

The most gorgeous apple store I saw was the Via Del Corso one, in Rome.

It's nothing mind-blowing in the sense of materials and design, but it's nestled within such a beautiful and elegant looking building.
One of the classiest stores I have ever seen.

The other apple stores in Rome are more "traditional" (basically a mega-large room inside a boring shopping center.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

I am glad that community managed to save something they clearly cared about, cool.

 

[routine_analyst]

What an ugly building when I read the article I was like yeah it's good they're fighting to preserve historical buildings but never thought it would be this ugly

What a joke of a building!

 

[entropys]

I am glad that community managed to save something they clearly cared about, cool.

Except for a collection of luvvies, most of the rest of Australia look on fed square with derision.

 

[aptay10r]

I disagree. I can see why the community living there objected to a consumer temple brought in from abroad. The still standing Yarra building is in architectural sync with the other buildings on the Federation Square while Apple’s glass bunker would have broken it.

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This image makes Federation Square look almost post-apocalyptic. It just needs some vines draped over the buildings and there's an instant movie set.

 

[mrkellar]

The renderings somehow lose any sense of place. Where's the rest of Feb square in these? The building is fine but the placement of the building looks nothing like Melbourne.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

The architecture is very good looking imo. A nice blend between old school Apple Stores with silver facades and the more modern floor to ceiling glass aesthetic.

 

[lfaa]

What an ugly building when I read the article I was like yeah it's good they're fighting to preserve historical buildings but never thought it would be this ugly

Architects always consider themselves as artists, those working for Apple too.