[in-enaction] Sydeny: Opera House model rebuilt after 2, 500 parts are found

The model, which was based on 8,000 detailed drawings, is 4.5m long by 
3m wide by 1.8m high. It was designed to help contractors to solve the 
engineering challenges posed by the unusually shaped building, such as 
how to install ventilation and air conditioning systems. Built to a 
scale of 1:48, it replicates perfectly the interior of the Opera House, 
with its recital halls, foyers, staircases and terrace overlooking the 
waters of Sydney Harbour. It also includes miniature engineering plant 
rooms, and plumbing fixtures.

The model was unveiled publicly yesterday for the first time since 1974, 
at a trade fair at Sydney's Darling Harbour. It will go on display at 
the University of Sydney's architecture faculty later this week, before 
being given a permanent space at the Opera House.

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Mr Utzon was sacked amid public disquiet at the expanding construction 
schedule and a budget blow-out from A$7m to A$100m. He left Australia 
seven years before his Modernist icon opened in 1973, in the shadow of 
Sydney Harbour Bridge. The saga of the epic falling-out between the 
architect and his political masters became the subject of an opera 
written by an Australian composer, Alan John, entitled Eighth Wonder, 
and first performed at the Opera House in 1995.

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article1219497.ece