Sydney Opera House
Inaugurated in 1973, the Sydney Opera House is a
great architectural work of the 20th century that brings together
multiple strands of creativity and innovation in both architectural form
and structural design. A great urban sculpture set in a remarkable
waterscape, at the tip of a peninsula projecting into Sydney Harbour,
the building has had an enduring influence on architecture. The Sydney
Opera House comprises three groups of interlocking vaulted ‘shells’
which roof two main performance halls and a restaurant. These
shell-structures are set upon a vast platform and are surrounded by
terrace areas that function as pedestrian concourses. In 1957, when the
project of the Sydney Opera House was awarded by an international jury
to Danish architect JΓΈrn Utzon, it marked a radically new approach to
construction.