Subject: In January 1956 the government announced an international competition for the design of a natonal opera house to be erected on Bennelong Point.
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: DIPNR - NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning & Natural Resources
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: The fabric of the Sydney Opera House expresses its place in twentieth century architecture. It is of spectacular quality as sculpture in the round both by day and night.
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: DIPNR - NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning & Natural Resources
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Concept sketch for the Sydney Opera House, as designed by Jorn Utzon and submitted for the 1956 International Architectural Competition, taken from Utzon, J., Red Book, 1958. (ML Ref: PXD 841)
Photographer: Jørn Utzon
Copyright owner: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
Date: 01/01/1956
Subject: Jorn Utzon with model of the Sydney Opera House roof demonstrating his solution to the spherical geometry of the vaulted shells, 1965. (ON 122/347)
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Sydney Opera House under construction
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: NSW Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Sydney Opera House under construction
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: NSW Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Sydney Opera House on its opening day, 20 October 1973.
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: SOH Trust
Date: 20/10/1973
Subject: Interior of Opera Theatre (John Coburn theatre curtains are not currently on display but are in storage on the premises).
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: SOH Trust
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Interior of foyer area showing Utzon colour-coded signage, also detailing wood panelling and concrete-work
Photographer: B. Hanna
Copyright owner: NSW Heritatge Office
Date: 01/10/2003
Subject: Interior under north-facing glass walls.
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: SOH Trust
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Gothic revival tramshed at Bennelong Point, viewed from Circular Quay, from international architectural competition brief, 1956
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: NSW Government
Date: 01/01/1956
Subject: SHR Plan 1918
Photographer: Heritage Division
Copyright owner: Heritage Council of NSW
Date: 03/12/2003
Subject: The Opera House functions successfully as a performing arts centre of world renown and has a mythical status as a cultural icon arising from its protracted and controversial development.
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: DIPNR - NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning & Natural Resources
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: View of Opera House site under construction during the 1960s.
Photographer: John Watters
Copyright owner: John Watters
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: The open brief and the site induced 933 competitors from all over the world to register. Over 220 finally submitted entries. The judging took place in January 1957 with a Danish architect, Joern Utzon, the unanimous winner.
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: DIPNR - NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning & Natural Resources
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: World Heritage curtilage (in red) and buffer zone (striped blue) for the Sydney Opera House
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: NSW Department of Planning
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Map of Sydney Opera House showing SHR curtilage
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: Heritage Council of NSW
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: Interior of Concert Hall.
Photographer: No Author
Copyright owner: SOH Trust
Date: 01/07/2020
