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首先，超级简单的简介：Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognisable images of the modern world - up there with the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building ，it is as representative of Australia ，the Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point.Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon - the Opera House with a roof evocative of a ship at full sail ，which was designed by renowned Danish architect -- Utzon.

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Sydney Opera House facts and figures
The Sydney Opera house:
Was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon.
Was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973.
Presented, as its first performance, The Australian Opera's production of War and Peace by Prokofiev.
Cost $AU 102,000,000 to build.
Conducts 3000 events each year.
Provides guided tours to 200,000 people each year.
Has an annual audience of 2 million for its performances.
Includes 1000 rooms.
Is 185 metres long and 120 metres wide.
Has 2194 pre-cast concrete sections as its roof.
Has roof sections weighing up to 15 tons.
Has roof sections held together by 350 kms of tensioned steel cable.
Has over 1 million tiles on the roof.
Uses 6225 square metres of glass and 645 kilometres of electric cable.

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House History

Design In 1956 the New South Wales Government called an open-ended international design competition and appointed an independent jury. The main requirement of the competition brief was a design for two performance halls, one for opera and one for symphony concerts. Reputedly rescued from a pile of discarded submissions, Jørn Utzon's winning entry created great community interest and the New South Wales Government's decision to commission Utzon as the sole architect was unexpected, bold and visionary.

Construction Utzon's radical approach to the construction of the building fostered a unique collaborative and innovative environment. The design solution and construction of the shell structure took eight years to complete and the development of the special ceramic tiles for the shells took over three years. At the behest of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), the New South Wales Government changed the proposed larger opera hall into the Concert Hall because at the time, symphony concerts, managed by the ABC, were more popular and drew larger audiences than opera.

Completion and Opening Cost overruns and a change of government resulted in Utzon's resignation from the project in 1966. Peter Hall in conjunction with the then New South Wales Government Architect completed the glass walls and interiors including adding three previously unplanned enues underneath the Concert Hall on the western side. Opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973, new works were undertaken between 1986 and 1988 to the land approach and Forecourt under the supervision of the then New South Wales Government Architect with contributions by Peter Hall.

For the Future In 1999, Utzon was re-engaged as Sydney Opera House architect to develop a set of design principles to act as a guide for all future changes to the building. These principles reflect his original vision and help to ensure that the building's architectural integrity is maintained.

Taking 16 years to complete, Sydney Opera House is now considered a masterpiece of late modern architecture.