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Sydney Opera House in Australia


Sydney Opera House complex is a theater hall and connected to each other under the body shell of the famous white. Since opened in 1973, the Sydney opera house is the center show times in the art world, even the approximately 3,000 spectators each year with around 2 million people, operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and only close at Christmas and Easter. Some of books and film to record the history of 30 years, the time needed to complete the Sydney Opera House project as a whole. One of them works of Françoise Fromonot, "Jørn Utzon - The Sydney Opera House."

The Story of Modern expressionist style opera building is began in 1957, and again Jørn aged 38 years. Jørn opened the studio in 1945 near the castle Hamlet Shakespeare this is not yet known. Jørn living in a small town Hellebæk, together with his wife and their three children. The concept of "three-layered body shell concrete chip white" unsuspected selected as one of the winners in the international competition to design the opera house of Sydney harbor peninsula followed 230 participants from more than 30 countries in 1957.

Cumulative body shell roof on the stage Ove impressive work is a break in tradition scheme. Utzon cooperate with it on this project, are at the end of the design work with Jørn Tobias Faber. They both learned works of Gunnar Asplund, the main strength of the idea that perfection is always supported detail. When the Japanese architect interested in architecture, they learn the books about China and the architectural monuments to local building traditions to learn basic Japanese.

Sydney Opera House is located at the top of Sydney harbor pier, surrounded by mountains and slopes, where people can overlook the city. Roof to be an important part five looks. The building is like a wrapped body shell sculpture, reflect the sky and clouds. Developing elements of different shapes, sizes and materials that can generate the structure of a rich and impressive. For the Sydney Opera House, Utzon play with geometric forms and pure sterometris, in order to control the calculation of the strength of the structure. Of a ball he cut all the elements of a shell at 60 m. Now Sydney opera house is set by UNESCO as nomination of the new seven wonder of the world.


5 comments for "Sydney Opera House in Australia"

  1. this would be my dream come true once i get there...great blog!

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  2. This is one of the most beautiful places in the world and should be a wonder of the world for sure.

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  3. its interest me. around 2 million people a year, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. this opera house of Sidney has become Australia's main icon.

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  4. wow, wonderful building, I love Sydney

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