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Federation Square

Federation Square (marketed and colloquially known as Fed Square) is a venue for arts, culture and public events on the edge of the Melbourne central business district. It covers an area of 3.2 ha (7.9 acres) at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets built above busy railway lines and across the road from Flinders Street station. It…

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Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Area
3.2 ha (7.9 acres)
Created
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26)
Criteria
a, d, e, f, g
Designated
12 September 2019
Designer
Lab Architecture Studio Bates Smart

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Facilities and tenants

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Architecture and Urban Design Awards

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Federation Square

Nodes164
Edges163
Triples175
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012195
Components1

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Federation Square

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related to Design competition and controversy · 32
Federation Square → Adrian Hawker, An, Ashton Raggatt McDougall, Australia's Federation, Bart Brands, Bates Smart, Brands, Chris Elliott, Denton Corker Marshall, Donald Bates, Dutch, Five, Flinders Street, Fuel Buildings, Gas, In, It, Jenny Lowe, July, Karres
related to Further reading · 20
Federation Square → Architecture Australia, Australia, Brown-May, Crist, Day, Gevork, Graham, Hardie Grant Books, Hartoonian, ISBN, John, Macarthur, March, Melbourne, October, South Yarra, Stanhope, Sydney Morning Herald, Vic, Zara
related to Architecture and Urban Design Awards · 16
Federation Square → Architects, At, In November, Interior Architecture Award, Joseph Reed Award, June, Melbourne Prize, National Awards, NGV Australia, Royal Australian Institute, The Ian Potter Centre, Urban Design, Victorian Architecture Medal, Victorian Chapter, Victorian State Architecture Awards, Walter Burley Griffin Award
related to Reception and recognition · 15
Federation Square → ABC's Art Nation, After, Australian Federation, Criticisms, Federation Square's, Frenzied, In, It, January, Melburnians, Multiplex, October, The, Virtual Tourist, World's Fifth Ugliest Building
related to Later Developments · 11
Federation Square → Age, CBD, In, In October, Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation, National Gallery Victoria Contemporary, NGV, Southbank, St Kilda Road, State Government, The
related to ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) · 10
Federation Square → ACMI, AcmiPark, Additional, In, It, Moving Image, SelectParks, The, The Australian Centre, Video
related to Further expansion · 9
Federation Square → Federation Square East, Federation Wharf, In, National Gallery, Princes Walk, Several, There, Victoria, Yarra
related to Location and layout · 8
Federation Square → Birrarung Marr, Flinders, Flinders Street, Russell Streets, St Paul's Cathedral, Swanston, The, Yarra River
related to Metro Entrance · 8
Federation Square → After, December, Information Centre, January, Melbourne Metro Tunnel, Town Hall, Western Shard, With
related to Flagpoles · 6
Federation Square → Aboriginal, Australian, In, Prior, The, Torres Strait Islander

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Federation SquareArea3.2 ha (7.9 acres)1.00infobox
Federation SquareCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Federation SquareCreated26 October 2002 (2002-10-26)1.00infobox
Federation SquareCriteriaa, d, e, f, g1.00infobox
Federation SquareDesignated12 September 20191.00infobox
Federation SquareDesignerLab Architecture Studio Bates Smart1.00infobox
Federation SquareLocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia1.00infobox
Federation SquareOfficial nameFederation Square1.00infobox
Federation SquareOpenAll year1.00infobox
Federation SquareOperatorFed Square Pty Ltd (State Trustees Ltd for State of Victoria)1.00infobox
Federation SquarePublic transitFlinders Street, Town Hall Federation Square/Swanston St (#13): 1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 721.00infobox
Federation SquareReference no.H23901.00infobox
Federation SquareTypePublic space1.00infobox
Federation SquareTypeState Registered Place1.00infobox
Federation SquareVisitors9.7 million per annum1.00infobox
Federation SquareWebsitefedsquare.com1.00infobox

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