IPSE DIXIT An icon with a troubled history. The Sydney Opera House is an architectural masterpiece recognized worldwide, to the point of being designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yet the process behind its creation was anything but smooth. Between delays, underestimated costs, and disputes with the government, the architect behind the project, the brilliant Danish designer Jørn Oberg Utzon, was even forced to resign before the work was completed. Criticism focused especially on the concert hall, judged to have poor acoustics. But that detail pales in comparison to the magnificence and significance of the building. “The Sydney Opera House is one of the iconic buildings of the 20th century,” an image of great beauty known around the world, as well as a symbol of its city, its nation, and its entire continent.” With this motivation, in 2003the Pritzker Prize jury award ed Utzon one of the most prestigious honors in architecture. «The concert hall is a disaster. It looks like an extraordinarily pretentious Town Hall. The ceiling is covered with knobs that can only be described as inverted nipples.» Laurie Thomas, art critic for The Australian (1968) reported by Eurasia Review, Oct. 23, 2023 Today, the Sydney Opera House is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It attracts over 8 million visitors each year, and its value as a social asset is estimated at 11.4 billion dollars. THE BENEFITS OF A GREAT WORK SOURCES EURASIA REVIEW https://www.eurasiareview. com/23102023-cultural-cover-up-thesydney-opera-house-turns-50-oped/ THE PRITZER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE https://www.pritzkerprize.com/ SYDENY OPERA HOUSE https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/ about-us/how-we-work/governancepolicies-and-corporate-information/ annual-reports SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE (AUSTRALIA, 1973) THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE AND THE ARCHITECT FORCED TO RESIGN MID-PROJECT IN SHORT Name: Sydney Opera House Location: Australia Start date: 1959 Inauguration year: 1973 Criticisms: Excessive costs, poor acoustics Results: It attracts around 10.9 million visitors per year, and its value as a social asset is estimated at 11.4 billion dollars
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