Day 4087: Opera House and Surprise.

"Memories'': junk collage & digital

 

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 Sydney Opera House at 50

Jørn Utzon's winning design has become one of the world's most recognizable buildings.

 

Completed a decade late and vastly over-budget, the unusual-looking building was not an immediate hit with Australians. Yet, in the decades since, its striking shell-shaped roof helped it become an architectural icon and an UNESCO World Heritage Site that attracts over 10 million visitors a year. 

But, see what Australia’s best-known building could have looked like ...

Competition judges were impressed by the promenade and "human scale" of this entry by architects Paul Boissevain and Barbara Osmond, according to NeoMam studio's researchers.

   

A bold entry by Peter Kollar & Balthazar Korab Design, the highest ranked Australian entry in the competition.

Raised design by S. W. Milburn & Partners featured a helipad on the roof.

Of 230 entries in a 1955 competition to design the Sydney Opera House, This rejected proposal, by firm Kelly & Gruzen.

Not all designs came from professional architects. This art deco proposal was submitted by Sir Eugene Goossen, conductor of the Sydney Symphony

 

A colorful entry by English firm Vine and Vine.

 *This post was for Architect, Carrol Wolf and any Architecture lovers.

 

 

Saturday morning. Taking my time getting up for the day. Then I got a call from GH#3! I levitated out of bed. He said he would be over at 11AM, so I jumped into the shower, washed my hair and got ready. There were lots of hugs when he arrived. He hadn't had a lot of sleep because of driving over from LV to the OC last night, so he was in need of coffee, I don't have any, so we went to find Starbucks. We finally found a drive through and were 16+ in  line.

GH#3 had an appointment for a haircut with the barber he has gone to since he was little. So we could see that he wouldn't Be able to make his appointment if we stayed in line. We got lunch and his coffee and came home. Zack had a lot of stops to make, and he will drive back tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM. Made my day.

 

 

 

 

A 1+ minute WOW video, 

ballpoint drawing, here.

 

Just because ...

 

White-capped Tanager

 

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