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Title
Item 21: Jorn Utzon Sydney Opera House photonegatives, ca. 1961-1965
Call number
ON 122/501-1436
Level of description
item
Date

ca. 1961-1965
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Photographs
Reference code
52842
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : 248 (of 935) negatives selected for digitisation
Copy print : PXA 967 v.2-4 for a selection of prints from these negatives
Physical Description
935 negatives
Scope and Content
Collection includes negatives of construction of Major and Minor Halls, tower crane and its tracks, the erection arch, casting yards, lifting of rib segments into place, tile lids, the "Geisha Wig" model for the Minor Hall, and scaffolding and formwork.

501. Environs [plan]
502. Parking proposal plan
503. Development of Farm Cove Cresent area next to Opera House [plan]
504. East-West section through trade centre complex [plan]
505. Sydney Morning Herald, June 19, 1964 `Traffic blamed for retail trade fall-off' [newspaper clipping]
506. Glass walls [plan and text]
507. Mock-up of corridor panels ; Corridor problem ; Plan of corridors
508. Model of corridor ceiling system ; Drawings showing construction of panel covering ceilings and walls
509. [Model]
510. A-1. Consecutive sections through Minor Hall ...
511. The Minor Hall ... [plan and text]
512. Geometrical construction showing the shells of the Major Hall (elevation)
513. South elevation ; Longitudinal section through Major Hall ; Plan of shells Major Hall
514. Longitudinal section through Minor Hall showing elevation of auditorium and stage wall ; Roof plan of Minor Hall ; Cross section of Minor Hall auditorium towards stage
515. Major Hall, geometrical drawings, superimposed sections
516. Longitudinal section through Minor Hall ; Plan of Minor Hall ; Cross section of Minor Hall auditorium towards rear wall
517. Zodiac [wave formation] ; Minor Hall segment model
518. Major Hall (Zodiac)
519. Minor Hall (Zodiac)
520-523. Major Hall (Zodiac)
524-543. Zodiac ; Waves breaking on beach
544. Zodiac, Minor Hall
545. Zodiac
546. Zodiac, Minor Hall ... scheme
547-548. Zodiac, glass wall
549. Zodiac, Zurick
550-677. [Drawings and plans]
678-698. Site, August 1965 [construction]
699-916. [Site construction]
917-933. Site, October 1964 [construction]
934-948. Site, mid November
949-955. [Construction site]
956-957. Erection shell A2, November 1964
958-1008. [Construction site]
1009-1011. Site + casting yard, January 1965

1012-1366. [Construction site]
1367-1392. Mock up
1393. Acoustic
1394. Acoustic ceiling
1395-1396. Corridor panelling
1397. Sydney Opera House model, North elevation
1398-1399. Shell rib model
1400-1422. Interior work ; Folded slab
1423-1424. [Boats on Harbour]
1425-1427. [Plans]
1428. Development of shells
1429. [Plan]
1430. East elevation ; South elevation
1431. Section through stage towers
1432-1436. [Plans]
Access Conditions

Access via appointment
Copying Conditions
In copyright
General note

Photographers of these negatives have not been identified. Many show similiarities to Max Dupain's photographs of the Opera House (see those reproduced in Francoise Fromonot, "The Sydney Opera House", Electa, 1999)
Digital order no:Album ID : 823877
Signatures / Inscriptions

Some photonegatives are titled and annotated
Subject
Adult Males
Topic
interiors
architectural drawings
architectural models
construction (events & activities)
construction sites
workers
Place
Sydney Opera House (N.S.W.)
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