File:Some of the 1,056,006 tiles that cover the Sydney Opera House's shells (16634656391).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionSome of the 1,056,006 tiles that cover the Sydney Opera House's shells (16634656391).jpg |
English: Although the roof structures are commonly referred to as "shells" (as in this article), they are precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs, not shells in a strictly structural sense. Though the shells appear uniformly white from a distance, they actually feature a subtle chevron pattern composed of 1,056,006 tiles in two colours: glossy white as well as matte cream. The tiles were manufactured by the Swedish company Höganäs AB which generally produced stoneware tiles for the paper-mill industry.
Apart from the tile of the shells and the glass curtain walls of the foyer spaces, the building's exterior is largely clad with aggregate panels composed of pink granite quarried at Tarana. Significant interior surface treatments also include off-form concrete, Australian white birch plywood supplied from Wauchope in northern New South Wales, and brush box glulam. Of the two larger spaces, the Concert Hall is in the western group of shells, the Joan Sutherland Theatre in the eastern group. The scale of the shells was chosen to reflect the internal height requirements, with low entrance spaces, rising over the seating areas up to the high stage towers. The smaller venues (the Drama Theatre, the Playhouse, and The Studio) are within the podium, beneath the Concert Hall. A smaller group of shells set to the western side of the Monumental Steps houses the Bennelong Restaurant. The podium is surrounded by substantial open public spaces, and the large stone-paved forecourt area with the adjacent monumental steps is regularly used as a performance space [Wikipedia.org] |
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Source | Some of the 1,056,006 tiles that cover the Sydney Opera House's shells |
Author | Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia |
Camera location | 33° 51′ 25″ S, 151° 12′ 55″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | -33.856944; 151.215278 |
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