Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a beautiful arts centre on Bennelong Point in Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon. It is one of the 20th century's most wonderful buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world. It is on the north-eastern side of the Sydney, surrounded on three sides by the harbour, and neighboured by the Royal Botanic Gardens.

The building covers 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) of land, and is 183 metres (605 ft) long and 120 metres (388 ft) wide at its widest point. It is supported on 588 concrete piers sunk as much as 25 metres below sea level. Its power supply is equivalent to that of a town of 25,000 people, and is distributed by 645.5 kilometres (401 miles) of electrical cable.




Construction of the Opera House began in March, 1959. The project was built in three stages. Stage I (1959–1963) consisted of building the upper podium. Stage II (1963–1967) saw the construction of the outer shells. Stage III consisted of the interior design and construction (1967–73).