Sydney Opera House Roof Structure

Between 1958 and 1962 the roof design for the sydney opera house evolved through various iterations as utzon and his team pursued parabolic ellipsoid and finally spherical geometry to derive the final form of the shells.

Sydney opera house roof structure. With its white sailed roof set on the backdrop of sydney harbour the sydney opera house is arguably one of the most iconic structures of the 20th century. The sydney opera house is situated on bennelong. Sydney opera house opera house located on port jackson sydney harbour new south wales australia. Its unique use of a series of gleaming white sail shaped shells as its roof structure makes it one of the most photographed buildings in the world.

Principal curator matthew connell explores the ideas behind the creation of sydney s most famous building. The impressive and subtle chevron pattern has glossy white matte cream coloured tiles manufactured by höganäs ab. The building covers 1 8 hectares 4 4 acres of land and is 183 m 600 ft long and 120 m 394 ft wide at its widest point. This is an extract from the publication icons which can be purchased online.

Timber illustrates the origin of the roof geometry of the sydney opera house designed by jørn utzon made by ove arup and partners england australia 1961 65. Sydney opera house model. It took 16 years of design and construction to realise this architectural monument and with its final cost over 10 times the initial budget the project was never far from the eye of the public. The roof of the sydney opera house has a whopping 1 056 000 glazed white granite tiles that have been imported from sweden.