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Ten Essential Architecture |
Top Ten Sydney Architecture |
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For a more complete list, see
Sydney Architecture |
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Sydney Opera
House |
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architect
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1957-63 Joern Utzon (Stage 1)
1963-73 (NSWGA), Hall Todd & Littlemore
(Stage 2) - interiors and glass walls)
Engineers: Ove Arup & Partners |
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location
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Bennelong Point
(on the site previously) |
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date
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1957-73 |
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style
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Late 20th-Century Structuralist
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construction
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reinforced concrete, white tiles 65 m 213
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type
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Theater |
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Sydney Harbour
Bridge |
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architect
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John Job Crew Bradfield (E)
(bridges)
Construction by Dorman & Long, Ralph Freeman Consulting Engineer
Sir John Burnett & partners Consulting Architects
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location
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Sydney Harbour, between
Miller's Point and Milson's Point
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date
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Design 1922-24: construction from 1923
(approaches)
1929-32 |
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style
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Inter-War Art Deco
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construction
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Steel, granite |
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type
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Bridge |
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Queen
Victoria Building |
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architect
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George
McRae |
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location
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block bound by George, Market York and Druitt Streets. |
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date
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1893-8 |
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style
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Federation Romanesque
combination of American and Venetian Romanesque. |
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construction
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Sandstone |
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type
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Shop |
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notes
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There have been markets on this
site since 1810. The Queen Victoria Markets replaced the old George Street
markets in
1898. They were designed for the Council by the City Architect, George
McRae, and aspired to be the grand shopping arcade of Sydney rather than
produce markets. The imposing Romanesque building was never successful as
markets until it was refurbished in 1986. |
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Sydney Town
Hall |
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architect
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John Henry Wilson, Albert Bond and others |
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location
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483 George and Druitt
Streets, Sydney |
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date
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1868 John Henry Wilson (original
design facing George Street)
1873-77 Albert Bond (mansard roof and vestibule interiors)
1875-77 Thomas and Edward Bradridge (clock tower)
1883-89 Thomas Sapsford (Centennial Hall)
1886-88 George McRae with John Hennessy
1934 Entrance portico replaced |
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style
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Victorian Second Empire |
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construction
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Sandstone 57 m 187 ft |
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type
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Government |
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notes
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Town Hall, the
seat of local government of the City of Sydney. This building was built in
stages between 1869 and 1889 on the site of what was known as the Old Burial
Ground. Between 1792 and its closure in 1820, about 2,000 people were buried
here.Many of the burials were shallow and people used to complain about the
stench. According to the official records, the Burial Ground was closed
because it was offensive to the inhabitants. Before the Town Hall was built
the bodies were supposedly exhumed, but even today whenever there is digging
in the area a stray skeleton is likely to turn up. The Town Hall’s high
Victorian architectural style and decorative excesses earnt it the nick-name
‘the wedding cake building’. In the 1960s some people even thought it should
be pulled down. Today, the Town Hall steps are a favourite Sydney meeting
place. |
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Anzac War
Memorial |
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architect
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C.Bruce
Dellit, sculptur Rayner Hoff |
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location
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Hyde Park South
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date
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1929-34 |
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style
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Inter-War Art Deco
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construction
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stone |
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type
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Monument |
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This is one of Sydney’s most interesting Art
Deco buildings. Designed by Bruce Dellit, it was opened in 1934. It
contains sculptures by an English-born migrant, Raynor Hoff. His
beautiful interior statue called ‘Sacrifice’ depicts a group of three
women supporting a dead soldier - the givers of life, weighed down by
death. This is often interpreted as a powerful peace symbol, and at the
time of building this memorial generated a lot of debate. The memorial
contains no names, but 120,000 stars in the ceiling dome represent those
from NSW who served.
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General Post
Office |
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architect
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James
Barnet
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location
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1 Martin Place (and George Street). |
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date
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1864-91 |
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style
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Victorian Free Classical
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construction
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stone |
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type
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Government
Post Office |
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The General Post Office was constructed in
stages from 1866-91. It is the most notable work in the city by colonial
architect James Barnet. The realistic carvings facing Pitt Street and
Martin Place, carved by sculptor Thomas Sani, caused a public scandal.
They were viciously attacked by the press and Parliament as being
“hideous in form and expression” and attempts were made to force Barnet
to remove them.
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Hyde Park
Barracks |
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architect
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Francis
Greenway |
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location
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Macquarie Street
(opposite Queens Square) Sydney |
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date
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1817-19
1990-92 Tonkin Zulaikha Harford (conversion to museum) and Clive Lucas
(restoration) |
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style
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Old Colonial Georgian
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construction
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brick |
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type
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Government
barracks |
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| 8 |
St. James
Church |
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architect
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Francis Greenway |
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location
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173 King Street,
Sydney, NSW 2000 (off Macquarie Street) |
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date
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1820-22 |
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style
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Old Colonial Regency |
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construction
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brick, stone |
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type
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Church |
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Sydney's oldest surviving colonial church,
begun in 1822, was designed by the government architect, and former
convict, Francis Greenway. At one time the church's spire served as a
landmark for ships coming up the harbor, but today it looks totally lost
amid the skyscrapers. It's well worth seeking out, though, especially
for the plaques on the wall, which pay testament to the hard early days
of the colony when people were lost at sea, were "speared by blacks,"
and died while serving the British Empire overseas.
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The Great
Synagogue |
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architect
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Thomas Rowe, Aaron Loveridge (stonework)
Partly supervised by Walter Liberty Vernon
1973 Orwell Phillips and Kevin Gallagher (facade cleaned, gates
restored) |
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location
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187a Elizabeth Street,
Sydney |
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date
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1878. |
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style
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Moorish Revival
Victorian Free Gothic |
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construction
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Sandstone |
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type
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Synagogue |
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notes
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A composite building of Romanesque,
Gothic, Moorish Revival and Byzantine motifs.
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The Great Synagogue was designed in the
'Transitional French Gothic' style by Thomas Rowe, one of Sydney's
leading architects in the second half of the 19th Century. It was opened
in 1878. It is a splendid building with magnificent cast iron gates and
elaborate stone carving. It was called the 'Great Synagogue' because it
followed the principles and rituals of the historic Great Synagogue in
London, and combined two smaller Jewish congregations. One group of Jews
had previously met at the Egyptian-style synagogue in York Street and
the other at an old Baptist church in Macquarie Street.
There had been at least 16 Jews among the 751 convicts on the First Fleet,
but the early governors refused to allow them to meet together and, as
convicts, they were forced to attend services conducted by the Church of
England chaplain. The first Jewish congregation in Sydney was not
officially formed until November 1831.
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The
Quadrangle |
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