Melbourne Buildings

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.