Buildings and Structures

Sydney Opera House

Opera House

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Architecture and Design Atlas. "Sydney Opera House." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-architecture.interactiveatlas.org/buildings/sydney-opera-house.

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Architecture and Design Atlas. (n.d.). Sydney Opera House. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-architecture.interactiveatlas.org/buildings/sydney-opera-house

BibTeX

@misc{architectureanddesignatlas-sydney-opera-house,
  author = {Architecture and Design Atlas},
  title = {Sydney Opera House},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-architecture.interactiveatlas.org/buildings/sydney-opera-house},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Jorn Utzon's performing arts center on Bennelong Point, Sydney Harbour, won in a 1957 international competition and opened in 1973 after a stormy construction that cost Utzon the job in 1966. Its white shell vaults, finally built as segments of a single sphere, made it one of the most recognized buildings on Earth; it was World Heritage listed in 2007, while Utzon was still living.

Facts

Building Type

Opera House 1

Location

Sydney, Australia 1

Completed Year

1973 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Completion of the Sydney Opera House

Source UNESCO World Heritage Centre Official Site

Designed By

Jorn Utzon

Utzon resigned in 1966; the interiors were completed by Hall, Todd and Littlemore.

Source UNESCO World Heritage Centre Official Site

Sources

1. UNESCO World Heritage Centre Official Site

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