A new chapter for Melbourne’s North Wharf

There’s a tendency, in projects of this scale, to talk about transformation as if it arrives cleanly — a before and after, neatly resolved. The reality at Melbourne’s North Wharf is slower, more granular. What’s now the Seafarers precinct, anchored by 1 Hotel & Homes Melbourne, is less a reinvention than a prolonged negotiation with what was already there.More than a decade in the making, the $600-million redevelopment by Riverlee — designed by FK alongside