Do you ever play WikiRoulette? This morning it landed on an article about a 19th century villa in the Victorian Filigree Style in Mosman, Sydney. I’ve never been there, but I’d like to!
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Tag: architecture
s.o.h.
I’ve been listening (again) to Tim Minchin’s Play it Safe, written for the Sydney Opera House’s 50th Anniversary, and feeling nostalgic and proud. This multi-venue performing arts centre is widely regarded as one of the world’s most famous and distinctive buildings, and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture. And of course Tim Minchin is also a national treasure in his own right.
In 1957, the original estimates for the S.O.H. projected a cost of £3,500,000 ($7 million) and a construction time of 4 years. In reality, the project was formally completed in 1973 (10 years late), having cost $102 million. It was partially funded by a lottery; when I was little, my grandfather won a chunk of cash in the Opera House Lottery, and we got a new car out of it. It was a sturdy reliable beast that was eventually passed down to my sister, then my brother.
I still have never attended a performance at the Opera House; but hope to one day.
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