Building A Masterpiece: The Sydney Opera House - 40th anniversary edition

Hardback

Main Details

Title Building A Masterpiece: The Sydney Opera House - 40th anniversary edition
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Anne Watson
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:212
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 235
ISBN/Barcode 9781863171526
Audience
General
Edition 40th Anniversary e.

Publishing Details

Publisher Powerhouse Publishing
Imprint Powerhouse Publishing
Publication Date 1 July 2013
Publication Country Australia

Description

Building a masterpiece explores some of the untold chapters in the long history of the Opera House's gestation, development and completion - of individuals whose careers were made or broken by the Opera House, the companies whose reputations were secured through their association with the building, and the pioneering construction methods, innovative technologies and methodologies developed to meet the demands of its unprecedented design and challenging construction. The workers who built the building, the politicians, architects and members of the public who championed it and its often beleaguered architect are discussed as is its current world status as a symbol of Australia. To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Opera House, this new edition of Building a Masterpiece will include a new chapter on another little known and much misunderstood story: the architect who took over from Utzon and completed the project.