postcard | opera house

opera house
{construction} 1957 – 1973
{location} bennelong point
{style} expressionist
{material} precast concrete clad with tile + granite
{architect} jorn utzon
{reason} create performance halls + draw attention to sydney
{users} performers + visitors
{heritage listing} yes
{other} in the 1956 international design competition, utzon’s design was allegedly taken from the discarded submission pile where it gained community interest + decided upon by the government