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Media House: 655 Collins Street, Docklands

Media House, opened October 28 2009 by Victorian premier John Brumby, is the latest purpose built headquarters of The Age newspaper, one of Melbourne’s longest running papers.  A major feature of the building is its giant digital media screen which faces and open plaza that steps and slopes down to the corner of Spencer and Collins Street.

Designed by Bates Smart1, and constructed by Grocon for Fairfax media group at a cost of $110 million2 it was designed to be a contemporary replacement for the dated old Age offices further down Spencer Street.

  1. Media House project profile – Bates Smart http://www.batessmart.com.au/projects/office-buildings/media-house-docklands
  2. Dobbin, Marika Media House opens, reviving interest in building over rail lines. The Age. October 28, 2009
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