Friday 5 February 2016

The Poisoned Chalice

The Poisoned Chalice

Half a century ago Jørn Utzon spectacularly resigned as architect of the unfinished Sydney Opera House. In April 1966 he flew out of Sydney, never to return. He left behind a set of magnificent but empty concrete shells: not only was the building unfinished, the plans for completion of its interiors and cladding were far from resolved. It was into this perilous void that the 34-year-old Sydney architect Peter Hall bravely, or perhaps naively, stepped into.
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