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Thursday
August
16
1973
BIGGEST
ARCHITECTURAL
ADVENTURE
OF
MODERN
TIMES
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opera
house
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of
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SYDNEY
Australia
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Theres
no
building
like
it
in
the
world
and
the
Aus
Australians
¬
tralians
quite
justifiably
call
the
Sydney
Opera
House
the
Building
of
the
Century
Fourteen
years
after
construction
began
excitement
has
been
mounting
as
the
opening
date
approaches
for
this
great
glittering
giant
said
to
be
the
biggest
architectural
adventure
of
modern
times
Theyre
working
on
the
finishing
touches
of
land
landscaping
¬
scaping
and
tidying
up
for
the
gala
opening
season
which
begins
Sept
28
with
the
premiere
performance
in
the
opera
theatre
The
Australian
Opera
will
stage
Prokofievs
War
and
Peace
On
the
following
night
the
Sydney
Symphony
Orchestra
will
inaugurate
the
concert
hall
in
an
all
Wagner
performance
The
official
opening
will
be
presided
over
by
Queen
Elizabeth
on
October
20
at
a
VIP
by-invitation-only
performance
The
Sydney
Opera
House
visited
by
the
wri
writer
¬
ter
on
a
recent
inaugural
flight
of
Qantas
Airways
new
direct
VancouverSyd
ney
service
has
captured
international
interest
from
the
time
of
the
design
competition
through
the
stages
of
architectural
experiment
and
con
controversy
¬
troversy
Now
thewhole
world
is
anxious
to
see
what
Sydney
is
getting
for
its
money
Canadians
who
have
a
bit
of
experience
in
this
sort
of
thing
may
be
interested
to
know
how
the
cost
of
the
Sydney
Opera
House
escalated
almost
out
of
sight
To
put
it
in
context
Canadas
National
Arts
Centre
a
bit
less
spec
spectacular
¬
tacular
but
designed
and
built
to
accommodate
the
same
sort
of
activities
as
the
Sydney
Opera
House
was
originally
estimated
in
1963
to
cost
9
mill
million
¬
ion
When
it
was
finished
six
years
later
and
all
the
bills
were
in
the
tab
had
come
to
46
million
But
its
probably
the
best
thing
that
has
ever
happened
to
the
Canadian
capital
By
contrast
Sydneys
project
was
originally
estimated
at
35
7
mill
million
¬
ion
Australian
dollars
rememberl
Australian
is
worth
roughly
150
Cana
Canadian
¬
dian
They
started
plann
planning
¬
ing
it
in
1956
and
began
work
in
1959
Andnowatlast14years
later
the
job
is
almost
done
and
the
tab
is
now
estimated
to
be
100
mill
million
¬
ion
Australian
or
about
150
million
Canadian
However
whereas
the
Canadian
taxpayer
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the
whole
shebang
was
paid
for
by
the
government
the
Aus
Australians
¬
tralians
have
handled
it
quite
another
way
Their
entire
project
has
been
financial
by
a
national
lot
lottery
¬
tery
and
will
be
sub
subsidized
¬
sidized
after
it
has
begun
operating
by
a
continuing
lottery
The
lottery
has
raised
75
million
a
year
with
a
draw
ever
two
weeks
and
a
grand
prize
of
20000GV
The
Aussies
enjoy
a
flutter
and
what
a
nice
warm
glow
to
think
that
theyre
supporting
arts
and
culture
at
the
same
time
In
their
promotional
literature
the
Sydney
Opera
House
Trust
make
no
bones
about
it
they
think
theyve
got
the
great
greatest
¬
est
building
ever
In
their
words
The
Sydney
Opera
House
is
the
most
striking
building
created
by
mod
modern
¬
ern
man
Its
graceful
sail
saillike
¬
like
shell
roofs
rise
sky
skywards
¬
wards
from
a
pink
granite
covered
base
giving
Syd
ney
a
unique
home
for
the
arts
and
conferences
in
Australias
major
city
Its
hard
to
quibble
with
that
claim
The
building
is
spectacular
inside
and
out
and
it
is
in
a
setting
possibly
unparalleled
in
the
world
Set
against
one
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the
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is
some
something
¬
thing
like
a
galleon
in
full
sail
The
Sydney
Opera
House
stands
on
a
truly
historic
spot
It
was
here
that
Canadian
Arthur
Phillip
RN
commander
of
the
First
Fleet
stepped
ashore
on
Jan
26
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to
found
the
little
convict
col
colony
¬
ony
which
developed
into
the
Commonwealth
of
Aus
Australia
¬
tralia
The
project
has
had
its
own
agonizing
history
wringing
almost
superhu
superhuman
¬
man
skills
from
the
architects
engineers
mathematicians
and
technicians
who
wrestled
with
its
challenge
They
say
that
by
comparison
the
Empire
State
Building
was
as
simple
to
build
as
a
garage
It
is
certain
that
many
of
the
problems
which
occurred
during
construction
of
the
Opera
House
had
never
been
faced
before
by
architects
or
engineers
and
probably
no
other
building
any
anywhere
¬
where
has
ever
consumed
so
many
thousands
of
hours
of
computer
calcula
calculation
¬
tion
The
building
is
the
out
outcome
¬
come
of
an
international
competition
and
the
winn
winning
¬
ing
entry
was
submitted
by
a
Danish
architect
Jorn
Utzon
He
won
the
compet
competition
¬
ition
on
a
set
of
sketches
that
captured
the
imagina
imagination
¬
tion
of
the
judges
But
it
was
clear
from
the
start
that
the
structural
engineers
would
face
a
staggering
task
in
execut
executing
¬
ing
the
construction
They
started
their
calculations
in
1957
and
it
was
10
years
before
the
last
rib
of
the
roofs
was
lowered
into
place
Architect
Utzon
who
had
tangled
with
many
engineers
and
gov
government
¬
ernment
officials
over
methods
of
construction
materials
to
be
used
and
so
forth
had
resigned
in
the
meantime
He
dis
disbanded
¬
banded
his
staff
and
returned
to
Denmark
And
today
visitors
to
the
Syd
Sydney
¬
ney
Opera
House
often
remark
how
strange
it
is
that
the
site
credit
boards
listing
the
men
arid
firms
connected
with
the
build
building
¬
ing
do
not
show
the
name
of
the
man
who
created
it
But
Utzons
name
board
was
taken
down
purely
at
his
own
insistence
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As
a
hpme
for
the
per
performing
¬
forming
arts
the
building
is
probably
without
equal
in
the
world
There
are
four
main
performing
hal
hallsa
¬
lsa
concert
hall
seating
2700
an
opera
theatre
capacity
1550
a
drama
theatre
550
and
music
room
420
There
is
an
exhibition
hall
of
7000
square
feet
and
a
recep
reception
¬
tion
room
for
150
persons
Performances
in
the
Opera
House
will
include
orchestral
concerts
opera
ballet
drama
jazz
chamber
music
choral
works
musicals
recitals
and
the
showing
of
films
Restaurant
facilities
will
care
for
450
diners
at
a
time
And
on
nights
when
all
the
theatres
and
the
two
restaurants
are
filled
there
could
be
as
many
as
7000
spectators
artirts
diners
and
staff
on
Ben
nelong
Point
For
their
millions
the
Aussies
are
getting
a
great
deal
a
building
of
enorm
enormous
¬
ous
technical
interest
to
architects
and
engineers
because
roofvaults
of
such
size
and
curvatures
have
never
been
built
before
the
only
Australian
byild
ing
known
outside
the
country
a
huge
outdoor
sculpture
which
makes
Sydney
Cove
one
of
the
most
spectacular
areas
of
the
world
and
a
new
international
trademark
for
Australia
which
is
becoming
as
wellknown
as
the
kangaroo
All
these
but
the
Opera
Houses
most
important
role
is
still
ahead
its
function
as
a
large
and
versatile
perma
permanent
¬
nent
home
for
the
per
performing
¬
forming
arts
placed
in
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principal
city
and
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to
world
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a
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of
431
homicides
were
reported
during
the
first
219
days
of
1973
an
increase
of
nearly
15
per
cent
over
1972
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