Monday, 25 August 2008

OZ +13: Modern Opera...

Everyone who comes here gets a photo which looks something like this...



So the big Sydney Opera House Challenge is to try and get something a bit more angular and experimental.

Here are my attempts...









Marks out of 10 please.

Essential Opera House (Possibly) Facts:


  • The architect who designed the iconic outside was removed from the project and didn't design the inside. As a result, it's fairly ordinary inside. I read that on Wikipedia, so it might not be true.
  • The roof tiles are self-cleaning.
  • They are still fairly dirty - they don't look white when you get close up.
  • You can actually touch the roof...