Flinders Street Station Design Competition launch
Flinders Street Station.
A historical photo of Flinders Street Station.
A historical aerial view of Flinders Street Station.
Flinders Street Station from Flinders Street.
The entrance to the station.
View across Flinders Street to the station.
The clock tower.
Premier Ted Baillieu and the minister for major projects, Denis Napthine, consider the interior of the clock.
The interior of the ballroom.
The interior of the ballroom.
The Victorian Government launched the Flinders Street Station Design Competition on 29 June, announcing the jury and opening of registrations.
The Victorian government architect, Professor Geoffrey London, will chair the jury, which will consist of urban planners Professor Rob Adams and Caroline Bos; restaurateur and television presenter George Calombaris; lawyer John Curtis; architect Cassandra Fahey, heritage architecture expert Peter Lovell; and transport expert Gillian Miles.
Registrations are now open and will close on 1 August 2012. The submission period for initial designs is 9 August to 20 September. The jury will then meet in October to consider these submissions and shortlisted entrants will be invited to submit designs from 23 April to 4 July, 2013. After the completion of this stage, shortlisted entries will be made available for voting for the People’s Choice Award. The competition is open to all who are interested.
Through this competition, announced in November 2011, the government aims to restore the station to its former glory by adapting areas of high public interest to make them accessible, to improve the transport function of the station and to better integrate the station with surrounding precincts, and to provide civic space.
For more details, including the brief, see the Major Projects Victoria website.
