Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House, since 2007 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Designed by a Danish architect Jørn Oberg Utzon who won a design competition (for the prize 5000 pounds) in 1957.
The construction was to take 4 years and cost 7 million dollars.
The SOH was formally completed in 1973 (after 14 years), having cost 102 million dollars.
"It should be the eighth wonder of the world" (Homer Hudson)
"I feel comfortable under the sails, whose dreams are seen and believed" (Mackride Mountain)
"The Sydney Opera House is a place where ordinary people are inspired to feel extraordinary things." ( Adrian Collete)
Hans-Günther Schöner 27/10/2011 9:53
Ein architektonisches Meistwerk das ich selbst schon in Australien erleben durfte!
Prima Foto !!!!
Gruß
Hans-Günther
Christian Bertero 19/10/2011 21:02
Interesting to see this exceptional monument in its particular architecture and look and study the structure and understand it better. Excellent your legend.Congratulations Viola. +++++
Christian
Perry Blevins 17/10/2011 8:37
Sharpness and great exposure.Regards
Perry
Mark Billiau. 16/10/2011 18:37
Terrific docu shot of this famous modern architecture !!!Mark
Irbenika 16/10/2011 14:59
Excellent!!Bw
Ira
Claudio Oldrini 16/10/2011 14:48
Splendid overview,very good rendering.Saluti Claudio
Fons van Swaal 15/10/2011 21:32
A world wide known architecture well captured and exposed...!!!You traveled far .........;-))
Best regards,
F...
Pierre LAVILLE 15/10/2011 21:10
Une photo magnifique.++++++++
Amitiés Pierre
catherine Berthe 15/10/2011 20:44
super pdv bravo!!! amitiées catherineFelipe Riquelme 15/10/2011 18:47
Lo tradicional en Australia...una bella ciudad con muchos turistas todo el tiempo..es fascinante ver la ciudad en si,,su panoramica es fantastica..buen encuadre y color..genial nitidez saludos.Alfred Schultz 15/10/2011 16:54
A few million dollars more or less.Who cares?
As long as you can make some nice pictures
for the >FC< its worth-while each cent.
Cheers - A.
s. sabine krause 15/10/2011 13:15
plus, i really like frederick mann's one-word comment!! it really hits the nail on the head: "markant" is exactly what the building looks like in your shot!s. sabine krause 15/10/2011 13:13
it's the strangest thing: the farther away you get from it the more beautiful it becomes, which is so typical of a great landmark! don't get too close, they might lose their allure. maybe that's what all the ant-like tourists in you picture are experiencing right now – a shattering of illusions! ; )) it happened to me, too, when i took a tour around the opera house and got "too close", from where it looked a little dull and shabby… but it does look magnificent seen from the syndey harbour bridge, where i assume your picture was taken, or from a ferry leaving the bay: the shabbiness disappears and it is transferred back into the spellbinding "oyster settlement" one originally fell in love with! ; )) hugs, sabine. p.s.: did you go for a walk in the beautiful botanical gardens, right in the back of the opera house? a parrot paradise… ; )))dirk van Appeldorn 15/10/2011 6:53
good shot...by the way...7 mio AUS Dollar was the estimate. The final cost overrun by 15 times... The Opera did cost 105 Mio Dollar!Best wishes
Dirk
David H Thomas 14/10/2011 22:17
wonderful image