Sydney Opera House – drawings

NRS 12825: Competition drawings submitted by Jørn Utzon to the Opera House Committee

These are the original competition drawings for which the assessors of the Committee awarded Jørn Utzon first prize of £5,000 on 29 January 1957. As a result Mr Utzon was commissioned by the Government of New South Wales to do final drawings for the Opera House, and to supervise its construction.

List of the drawings above

• Perspective from staircase between the two halls looking towards the north
• Plan including report
• Ground floor
• Second floor
• Third floor, main floor
• East elevation
• West elevation
• South elevation
• North elevation
• Section
• Cross section in large hall showing overhead doors open and closed
• Exterior elevation

Related records

• Archives In Brief 28 – A brief history of the Sydney Opera House
• Archives In Brief 30 – Records relating to the Sydney Opera House

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