Melbourne’s shoebox plague fails design standards

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By Leith van Onselen

The proliferation of high-rise ‘shoe box’ apartments across Melbourne have long been denigrated for their poor design.

Back in 2014, Melbourne City Council released a report claiming that 40% of Melbourne’s newest apartments are smaller than 40 square metres and would breach the minimum size requirements of many other international cities.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.