悉尼歌剧院
Danish architect Jørn Utzon won the design competition in 1957, but construction challenges and political disputes led to his bitter resignation in 1966. He never saw the finished building—not once. In 2003, accepting the Pritzker Prize, he said: 'I gave the best years of my life to those shells.' When the Opera House became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, Utzon had already been dead for a year. He never returned to Sydney, never witnessed the soaring white shells that made his name immortal.
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Architect Jørn Utzon never saw the completed building
Construction took 16 years (1957-1973)
Originally estimated at $7 million, final cost was $102 million
The 'shells' are covered in over 1 million Swedish tiles
UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007
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