Lab Architecture Studio/Bates Smart Architects, Federation Square , Melbourne, Australia

 

 

It could be argued that one public eyesore in the form of the old Gas and Fuel Corporation Building was replaced with another, in the form of Federation Square but if the patronage of all the organisations housed within and the huge numbers that are drawn to all the public events held in the forecourts all throughout the year are anything to go by, it's been a huge success. The public have spoken. Haters gonna Hate [link]. 
 

 

Architect Takaharu Tezuka once remarked of the design "Everyone prefers an incline" in reference to the sloped floors and people's inclination to lay on inclined surfaces like the banks of rivers, rather than flat surfaces.   

Federation Square designed by Lab Architecture Studio [link] and local architectural outfit Bates Smart [link], was not ready in time for the centenary of federation due to major blowouts left, right and center during the construction phase, belatedly opening in late 2002.