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June, 1999
Sydney Opera House on the Sydney skyline. June, 1999
The Sydney Opera House is a world renowned center for the performing arts as well as an architectural icon recognized around the globe for its unique design and beauty.
In the late 1940’s the idea of building a new and larger opera house began when the director of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, Eugene Goossens, recruited support for this endeavor. Construction began in 1959 and the completed Sydney Opera House opened on October 20, 1973. The project’s final cost was $102 million.
The Opera House was designed to be used not only for operas but as a multi-venue facility offering a concert hall, drama theatre, playhouse, recording studio and the Forecourt which is used for outdoor community events.
The massive structure sits atop 588 concrete piers which are submerged approximately 82 feet (25 m) below sea level. The building is covered with pink granite, and the roof consists of precast concrete panels. These concrete roof panels are referred to as shells with their unusual shape created from sections of a sphere and are donned with Swedish-made ceramic tiles in white and cream. The foyer of the opera house allows for natural lighting through its steel framed glass curtain walls.
The Sydney Opera House attracts tourists worldwide who come to experience performances in the famous performing arts center, but many also take tours and visit its restaurants, stores, and cafes.
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, opening in 1973 after a long gestation that had begun with his competition-winning design in 1957. Joseph Cahill's New South Wales Government gave the go-ahead for work to begin in 1958. The government's bold decision to select Utzon's design is often overshadowed by the scandal that followed.
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