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9780646967394 :
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Watson, Anne (Anne Jeanette)
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The poisoned chalice : Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House / Anne Watson.
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Ballina, N.S.W. opusSOH Inc, 2017.
©2017
Description
244 pages : Illustrations (some coloured) ; 27 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
'Testing the very boundaries of technology, the creation of the Sydney Opera House was long and fraught with difficulties. With the building still a series of empty shells when its architect, Jørn Utzon, dramatically departed in early 1966, there was much for his successor, the 34-year old Sydney architect Peter Hall, to resolve. For both architects in many ways the Opera House was a ‘poisoned chalice’ – an unprecedented architectural and technical challenge that presented almost insurmountable obstacles. But while Utzon’s reputation has been restored, Hall’s contribution has brought little recognition and, often, misguided condemnation. Through its exploration of the completion of the Opera House 1966-73 under Hall’s direction in the consortium Hall Todd & Littlemore, The Poisoned Chalice proposes an new narrative – a more inclusive and balanced understanding of this magnificent building, unencumbered by the divisive undercurrents that have hitherto skewed most histories.'-- book cover.
Subjects
Utzon, Jørn, -- 1918-2008
Hall, Peter, -- 1931-1995
Sydney Opera House
Architects -- Australia -- 20th century
Architecture -- New South Wales -- 20th century
Architectural acoustics
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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2017.200
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