It’s been decades since the forecourt steps were pulled up for maintenance, but the essential work has left behind a sorry ...

History. In June 1955, the New South Wales (NSW) government launched a design competition for a new opera house to be built on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour.

In 1956, a competition to design the Sydney Opera House drew 233 entries. Danish architect Jørn Utzon surprised everyone by ...

The Sydney Opera House has been a beacon of sustainable design for half a century—and innovation continues, from efforts to reduce on-site waste, to initiatives that support the biodiversity of ...

The genesis of the Sydney Opera House dates to the mid-20 th century as the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music sought to establish a larger, more contemporary concert hall than the ...

Australia’s Sydney Opera House. The Athletics and their design teams released renderings Tuesday of the club’s planned $1.5-billion stadium in Las Vegas. (Negativ / Associated Press) ...

On October 20, 1973 — exactly 50 years ago this Friday — the Sydney Opera House was opened to great fanfare by the late Queen Elizabeth II. Completed a decade late and vastly over-budget, the ...

In honour of its 50th anniversary, Sydney-based correspondent Nick Bryant explains how the building came to symbolise Australia, and why its original architect never saw it in person.

The white sails of the Sydney Opera House in Australia seemed like “an obvious canvas for an important message”, recalled David Burgess, even if scaling the building with a tin of red paint ...

On October 20, 1973 — exactly 50 years ago this Friday — the Sydney Opera House was opened to great fanfare by the late Queen Elizabeth II. Completed a decade late and vastly over-budget, the ...

The Sydney Opera House's concert hall has reopened. Photo by Susan Kuriakose via Unsplash The project was carried out in time for the building's 50th anniversary in 2023.