Why is an apartment in Melbourne’s renowned Republic Tower named after a song by 1980s punk rock band The Clash?

The dwelling - Should I Stay or Should I Go? – is owned by a couple who, on returning home from France where they lived for 10 years, wrestled with that exact question – should they continue living in the striking Queen Street building or sell up and find another home?

Eventually, they decided to stay put in the 145-square-metre apartment, but called in architecture and design firm Multiplicity to completely rework the home.

Republic Tower and its apartments were the brainchild of well-known firm Fender Katsalidis (now known as FK) and were built just before the new millennium. The couple believe the residential tower is “one of the strongest residential buildings” in the C

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