The concert hall is just one of the 1,000 rooms in the opera house and if you’ve paired your tour with concert tickets, you’ll get to experience some of the best acoustics in the world. Standing inside the main concert hall, the vaulted ceilings seems to stretch forever, but the wood paneling along the walls make the space more cozy than cavernous. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Photography buffs will be in shutterbug heaven snapping views of the harbor and the Sydney skyline peeking from behind billowing shells or following interesting shadows and open spaces created by the shells themselves. If you are an architecture geek, you can get even more mind-boggling facts like these on a specialized tour.īeyond the stats, there’s just the sheer beauty of the place. The 80 million structure, designed by Danish. It took 3 years to create the 1 million tiles that cover the shells weighing 15 tons in some places. After 15 years of construction, the Sydney Opera House is dedicated by Queen Elizabeth II on October 20, 1973. Up close their interlocking tiles look almost reptilian. But before his departure, he masterminded some of the most challenging engineering tasks ever. Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who won the design contest to build the now heralded building, quit the project mid-construction due to cost overruns, public criticism and a change in government. Taking the hour-long tour of the opera house reveals the structure’s arduous 16-year journey to completion.
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