Frank Lloyd Wright

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Nothing but sensationalism! This design is not
Characteristic of Australia or Opera. A whim,
thats all it is a whim.
Frank Lloyd Wright
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SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Arthur Adeya
Zenin Adrian
Yoshiki Mishima
GSD 7213
April 10, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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November 30, 1954
the Opera House Committee
Hon Cahill
Charles Moses
Eugene Goosens
Henry Ingham
Stanley Haviland
Roy Hendy
Premier
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Hon Cahill
Charles Moses
Eugene Goosens
Henry Ingham
Stanley Haviland
Roy Hendy
Premier
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LARGE HALL, 3000-3500 persons for the following
purposes
Symphony Concerts Large Scale Opera Ballet and
Dance performance Choral Concerts Pageants and
mass meetings
SMALL HALL, 1,200 for the following purposes
Dramatic Presentations Intimate Opera Chamber
music Concerts and recitals Lectures
NO feasibility studies were done that may have
helped to set minimum requirements/ volumes for
the same
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Leslie Martin, UK
Ingham Ashworth, Sydney
Codben Parkes, NSW
Eero Saarinen, USA
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881 Registrations
234 Submissions
14 Honorable Mentions
1st , 2nd , and 3rd Prize Winners
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Entries
Group F 4, Japan
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3rd Prize
Boissevain and Osmond, UK
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2nd Prize
Marzella, Loschetter, Cunningham, Weissman,
Brecher, Geddes, and Qualls, USA
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Winner
Jorn Utzon, Denmark, 38 years old
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Kronborg Castle, Denmark
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CONTRACT
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CONSTRUCTION
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WITHDRAW
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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AFTER HE LEFT
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Littlemore
Hall
Todd
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Original
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Original
NEW
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OVERALL ASSESSMENT
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If Mr. Utzon leaves, a crime will have been
committed against future generations of
Australians
Harry Seidler, Australian Architect at town hall
meeting in support of Utzon, March 1966