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The Sydney Opera House, situated on Sydney Harbour at Bennelong Point, is considered by many to be one of the wonders of the modern world.
Designed by Jorn Utzon and constructed under some controversy, it was opened in October 1973.
The Opera House is one of Sydney's most popular icons with tourists and travellers from the world over visiting, photographing and standing in awe of the cultural centre of Sydney.
Sydney Opera House, a major arts centre built on the harbour in Sydney, and a unique example of modern architecture, regarded as the finest modern building in Australia. It was designed by the Danish architect who won an international competition for it in 1956.
In his original design, the distinctive sail-shaped towers, intended to reflect the spirit of the harbour, were pronounced unbuildable by the engineers and were redesigned at a much lower angle. Utzon resigned as a consequence and the building was completed by the engineers in 1973.
Although called an opera house, it is a complex that contains a concert hall, a theatre for opera and ballet, a smaller theatre for plays, a recording hall and rehearsals rooms, and cinema. It is the home of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Ballet, and Australian Opera.
Danish architect, best known for the Sydney Opera House. Utzon was born on April 9, 1918, in Copenhagen, where he studied architecture. After working in the offices of Paul Hedquist and Gunnar Asplund in Stockholm and for Alar Aalto, in Helsinki, Utzon set up his own office in Copenhagen in 1950.
Utzon's earliest completed buildings were houses and the success of his design for the Sydney Opera House was unexpected. The building was begun in 1956 but not completed until 1973, and then by other hands.
Though controversial in every way, the Opera House is one of the few modern buildings to achieve the status of a popular landmark. The concrete shell domes were the result of close collaboration with the engineer Ove Arup.
Advance Australia Fair
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