| Description |
203 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 25 x 25 cm |
| Contents |
Overture--Unseen, unsound--World heritage listing--Reviewing the performance--Whose problems?--Sense of purpose--Concert halls, opera theatres and acoustics--Ceremonial terrace--Shell shock--Glass houses--Comparatively nuts--Musical chairs--What's in a name? Adaptable, convertible or dual purpose--In Valhalla's halls--Great sheets of ply--Transcendental industrialisation, geometry and other mystifications--Aesthetics of shelter--Curtain |
| Summary |
A calm and careful analysis has been made of the aspects of this remarkable building in Reviewing the Performance. In particular the problems of the brief, the difficulties of matching the design to the site and the immense problems encountered during construction. It also brings to light some startling revelations about seating and acoustic volumes |
| Analysis |
History (Australia,New South Wales) |
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Architecture (Australia,New South Wales) |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index |
| Subject |
Utzon, Jørn, 1918-2008.
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Sydney Opera House -- Design and construction.
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Sydney Opera House.
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Sydney Opera House -- History.
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Theaters -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Design and construction
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Architecture -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Architecture -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
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Theaters -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Design and construction.
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Architecture -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
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| SUBJECT |
Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- Buildings, structures, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2010530748 |
| ISBN |
9780949284921 paperback |
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