On Wednesday, I finally took the Sydney Opera House tour. The opera house was designed by a Danish man and took 16 years to build (2 of which were choosing a design). Also interesting...The Australian government wanted it to be finished in a couple of years and for 7 million dollars. In actuality, it cost 102 million dollars...but have no fear, the debt was paid off in 5 years with gambling profits.
Architects were able to achieve the roof's design with cutting sections from a mold of a sphere. The roof was constructed by lifting up and securing sections (or "ribs") like these.These are the tiles that cover the opera house (over 1 million in total).
I probably know more (the tour was an hour long) but those are the only fun facts that I can remember right now...sorry!
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Yep, we're coming! Keep running so that we can do a race together! Davina
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