Melbourne Central
Melbourne Central is a large shopping, office, and transit hub in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The complex includes the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, (currently being refurbished); the Melbourne Central railway station (a part of the City Loop subway); and the 211m-high office tower known to locals as the 'Batman building' due to its distinctive black colour and bat-like communications masts.
Contained underneath the shopping centres massive glass dome sits the old shot tower which orignially operated on the site. The tower was retained to become a focal-point of the centre.
The current rennovations, designed by Ashton Raggatt McDougall, will open the complex up with more natural light, new street-front shopping strips, and a new bubble-like footbridge to the adjacent Myer department store.
The original design of the shopping centre, office tower, and railway station was by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa.
See also: Tall buildings in Melbourne, List of Melbourne railway stations.