Design drawing for the 'Restaurant Shells', Sydney Opera House, Australia
Architectural Drawing
1965 (made)
1965 (made)
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Ove Arup & Partners developed this design for the shell roofs of the Sydney Opera House in collaboration with the Danish architect Joon Utzon who won the international competition for the project. As consultant engineers Ove Arup & Partners were able to execute the architect's design by using parts of a sphere for the basic shape, and by constructing the roofs from pre-cast concrete clad with tiles. The drawing shows three views of one of the shells: two elevations - one of the bare structure and the other clad - and a plan. (This part of the complex is not now used as a restaurant).
Object details
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| Title | Design drawing for the 'Restaurant Shells', Sydney Opera House, Australia (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Preliminary pencil, pen and ink on tracing paper with taped edges. |
| Brief description | Sydney Opera House, Planned Elevation of the restaurant shells by Ove Arup and Partners, 1965 |
| Physical description | Design drawing for the 'Restaurant Shells', Sydney Opera House, Australia |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE RESTAURANT SHELLS / ELEVATION - STRUCTURE / ELEVATION-TILE LID CLADDING and PLAN. Dated MAR 1965 and numbered 1112-SK1030. |
| Object history | Bought at Christie's Charity Sale of Works by Leading Contemporary Architects, Artists and Designers, February 3, 1987, p.28, lot no.70. |
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| Summary | Ove Arup & Partners developed this design for the shell roofs of the Sydney Opera House in collaboration with the Danish architect Joon Utzon who won the international competition for the project. As consultant engineers Ove Arup & Partners were able to execute the architect's design by using parts of a sphere for the basic shape, and by constructing the roofs from pre-cast concrete clad with tiles. The drawing shows three views of one of the shells: two elevations - one of the bare structure and the other clad - and a plan. (This part of the complex is not now used as a restaurant). |
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| Accession number | E.671-1987 |
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| Record created | July 27, 2000 |
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