A modernist icon gains a new communal space

Melbourne‘s Fairlie building has historically occupied an important place in Australian modernism. Completed in 1961 by Yuncken Freeman Brothers, Griffiths & Simpson, the South Yarra apartment tower is recognised for its prefabricated concrete frame, curtain wall façade and distinctive pilotis that lift the building lightly from the ground.Now, one of its smallest spaces has undergone a careful transformation. Designed by Wood Marsh, the new Fairlie Wellness Centre reimagines th