Sydney Opera House (Sydney, 1973)

Sydney Opera House

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General Information

Structural Type:	Double thin shell
Function / usage:	Opera house
Built:	1958 - 1973
Status:	in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Australia and Oceania
Coordinates:	33° 51' 25.00" S 151° 12' 55.00" E

Technical Information

Materials

shell	prestressed concrete

Notes

An international competition for the design of the Opera House, won by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, was held in 1955 and work started in 1959. After many disagreements with the Department of Public Works of New South Wales, Utzon resigned from the project in 1966 at the mid-point of construction. The architectural duties passed to Peter Hall, E. H. Farmer, Lionel Todd and David Littlemore. Very sever cost overruns were apparent from th earliest stages of construction and the additional expenditure was alleviated by a series of public lotteries.

Participants

Contractor

M R Hornibrook Pty Ltd.

Stage engineering

Waagner-Biro Bühnentechnik AG

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

Aravinthan, Thiru An Overview of Prestressed Concrete Technology in Australia, in "Journal of Prestressed Concrete, Japan", January - February 2004, n. 1 v. 46
Baume, Michael The Sydney Opera House Affair, Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd, Sydney (Australia), 1967
Brocard, René J. Le futur opéra de Sidney [Australie], in "La Technique des Travaux", May 1967, n. 5-6 v. 43
Bussagli, Marco Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France), ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 358-359
Drew, Philip Sydney Opera House (Jørn Utzon), Phaidon Press Ltd., London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0714832979, 1995
Margolius, Ivan Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA), ISBN 0471498254; pp. 56-57
Norberg-Schulz, Christian Jørn Utzon: Sydney Opera House, Australia 1957-1973, in "GA", 1980, n. 54
Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 491-493

Internal Information

Structure-ID:	s0000073
Created:	28/10/1998
Last Updated:	21/05/2013

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