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  • Badu Gili’s Frances Belle Parker

    We talk to Frances Belle Parker, one of the five Badu Gili artists, about her work, her motivation and how she’s used the Opera House’s sails as a blank canvas.

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  • Jørn Utzon AC

    His mastery in fusing craft traditions and ancient architecture with modernist thinking infused his designs for the Sydney Opera House.

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    The famous architect of Sydney opera house Jorn Utzon.

  • Construction begins

    On 2 March 1959, a crowd gathered under umbrellas, in the rain, to watch the ceremony that marked the start of construction of the Sydney Opera House.

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  • The spherical solution

    Jørn Utzon’s realisation that the form of the Sydney Opera House could be derived from the surface of a sphere marked a milestone in 20th century architecture.

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  • Utzon departs the House

    As the sails took shape, Bennelong Point became a battle ground of politics, pragmatism and the quest for perfection.

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  • Peter Hall and the completion of the Opera House

    Peter Hall was one of Australia’s brightest young architects at the time he took up the daunting role of design architect to complete Stage Three of Sydney’s new Opera House.

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  • Decade of Renewal

    As we open up the Opera House to more of the community, the Decade of Renewal has helped us live up to the promise of the building itself.

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  • Interesting facts about Sydney Opera House

    Find out 15 interesting facts about the Sydney Opera House that you never knew.

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  • Vietnam’s villages bloom into a city in À Ố Làng Phố

    Tuan Le's new circus challenges how we see Asia.

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    A woman holding a long pole, performing on stage.

  • Eddie Woo: Maths of the Sydney Opera House - Worksheets

    Join award-winning maths teacher, author and Wootube star Eddie Woo on a marvellous adventure around the Opera House uncovering the mathematical concepts behind the construction and design solutions of building.

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