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The saga of the Sydney Opera House : the dramatic story of the design and construction of the icon of modern Australia / by Murray, Peter, 1944-

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The House : the dramatic story of the Sydney Opera House and the people who made it / by Pitt, Henry

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Praise; About the Author; Dedication; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Prelude: Why we love the Sydney Opera House; Chapter one: A phone call from half a world away; Chapter two: The young Jorn; Chapter three: Scandi-style; Chapter four: The mastermind; Chapter five: The ordinary Joe who gave Sydney its Opera House; Chapter six: The magnificent lonely idea; Chapter seven: Sex, magic and the maestro; Chapter eight: Gentlemen, here is your opera house; Chapter nine: And the winner is ... ; Chapter ten: Poetry or pastry?…”
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Paul Robeson : performs "Ole Man River" for construction workers at Sydney Opera House.

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Multimodal discourse analysis : systemic-functional perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Part I: Three-dimensional material objects in space; 1 Opera Ludentes: the Sydney Opera House at work and play; 2 Making history in From Colony to Nation: a multimodal analysis of a museum exhibition in Singapore; 3 A semiotic study of Singapore's Orchard Road and Marriott Hotel; Part II: Electronic media and film; 4 Phase and transition, type and instance: patterns in media text as seen through a multimodal concordancer; 5 Visual semiosis in film; 6 Multisemiotic mediation in hypertext; Part III: Print media.…”
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Videofashion daily. Vol. 4, Episode 7, New York

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An Engineer Imagines.

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Stars out of school. 2, The fiddler and the go-karter

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Exploring the world series. Australia 1, Canberra and introduction to Sydney

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Mathematical excursions to the world's great buildings by Hahn, Alexander, 1943-

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Introduction to architectural technology by Silver, Pete (Architect)

Table of Contents: “…The Bell Rock LighthouseThe Crystal Palace; Clifton Suspension Bridge; Tropical House (Pavilion Demontable); Kresge Auditorium; Palazzetto Dello Sport; The Houston Astrodome; The German Pavilion; The USA Pavilion; Self-Build House; Sydney Opera House; HSBC Headquarters; The Pavilion of the Future; The Portugal Pavilion; The Lord's Media Centre; 30 St Mary Axe; "D" Tower; Davies Alpine House; International Space Station; Media-ICT; Stedelijk Museum Extension; Building Codes; Rules Governing Construction Technology…”
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Global Construction Success by O'Neil, Charles

Table of Contents: “…4.2.1 Berlin's New Brandenburg Airport4.2.2 The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (the Big Dig), Boston; 4.2.3 Brisbane Airport Link; 4.2.4 The Scottish Parliament Building; 4.2.5 Stuttgart 21 Rail Development; 4.2.6 National Physics Laboratory, UK; 4.2.7 Metronet, UK; 4.2.8 The Sydney Opera House and the Hamburg Symphony Concert Hall (Elbphilharmonie); 4.3 The 35 Common Causes; 4.3.1 Structuring, Bidding and Pre-Contract Phase; 4.3.2 Design, Construction, Commissioning, and Transition to Operations; 4.4 Project Leadership -- How Bad Can It Get?…”
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Advertising, Communications & Copyright by Philips, Fiona, Messenger, Naomi

Table of Contents: “…Commercial products and clothing; 8.1 Filming & broadcasting artworks, clothing & products; 8.2 Photographing clothing & products; 8.3 Clothing packaging/logos; 8.4 Trains, planes & automobiles; 8.5 Making copies or replicas; 8.6 Sydney Opera House…”
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Key buildings from prehistory to the present : plans, sections and elevations by Ballantyne, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Culture-defining monuments -- Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia -- Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza, Egypt -- Parthenon, Athens, Greece -- Colosseum, Rome, Italy -- Temple 1, Tik'al, Guatemala -- Great Stupa of Sanchi, Bhopal, India -- Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey -- Ise Grand Shrine, Kansai, Honshu, Japan -- Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe -- Twin Pagodas, Luohanyuan Temple, China -- St Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy -- Taj Mahal, Agra, India -- Eiffel Tower, Paris, France -- Empire State Building, New York City, USA -- Cathedral of Light, Nuremberg, Germany -- Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia -- Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, Los Angeles, USA -- Dwellings -- Houses at Catal Huyuk and Troy, Turkey -- Houses at Nagano, Japan, and Skara Brae, Orkney, UK -- Igloo, Tipi and Bedouin Tent -- Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy -- Houses in Burkina Faso and Kythera, Greece -- Karo Batak Houses Sumatra, Indonesia -- Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence, France -- Dürer House, Nuremberg, Germany -- Palazzo Medici, Florence, Italy -- Chateau of Chambord, Centre (region), France -- Chateau of Ancy-le-Franc, Burgundy, France -- Villa Capra, Vicenza, Italy -- Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, UK -- Tea Houses, Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto, Japan -- Chateau of Maisons-Laffitte, Île de France, France -- Berrington Hall, Herefordshire, UK -- Queen's Hamlet, Versailles, France -- Monticello, Virginia, USA -- Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Germany -- Horta House, Brussels, Belgium -- Unité d'Habitation, Marseilles, France -- Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, USA -- Schröder House, Utrecht, Netherlands -- Places of Worship -- Megalithic Temples of Malta -- Great Ziggurat of Ur, Nasiriyah, Iraq -- Great Temple of Amon-Ra, Karnak, Egypt -- Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece.Temple of Apollo Epikourios, Bassae, Greece -- Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France -- Pantheon, Rome, Italy -- Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India -- Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel -- Great Mosque of Damascus, Syria -- Shore Temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India -- Mosque Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain -- Borobudur Stupa, Java, Indonesia -- Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India -- Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India -- Durham Cathedral, Durham, UK -- Temple of Kukulkan, Chich'en Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico -- Basilica of the Madeleine, Vézelay, Burgundy, France -- Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia -- Stave Church, Urnes, Norway -- Bourges Cathedral, Centre (region), France -- Cologne Cathedral, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany -- Konark Sun Temple, Konark, Odisha, India -- Golden Pavilion Temple, Kyoto, Japan -- Goharshad Mosque, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran -- Santa Maria del Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy -- Sant'Andrea of Mantova, Mantua, Italy -- Suleyman Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey -- St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia -- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, Italy -- Vierzehnheiligen, Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany -- Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain -- Westminster Cathedral, London, UK -- Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali -- Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California, USA -- Bridges and Defences -- Acropolis of Athens, Greece -- Carthage Harbour and Naval Base, Tunisia -- Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France -- Frontiers of the Roman Empire -- Himeji Castle, Kansai, Honshu, Japan -- Great Wall of China -- Mostar Bridge, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Neuf-Brisach, Alsace, France -- Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France -- Forth Bridge, Edinburgh, UK -- Berlin Wall, Germany -- Production, Trade and Education -- Stoa of Attalos, Athens, Greece -- Trajan's Markets, Rome, Italy -- Medina at Fes, Morocco.Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK -- Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans, France -- Engelsberg Ironworks, Ångelsberg, Sweden -- The Lawn, University of Virginia, USA -- Albert Dock, Liverpool, UK -- Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK -- Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France -- Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II, Milan, Italy -- St Pancras Railway Station, London, UK -- Keretapi Railway Station, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Grand Central Terminal, New York City, USA -- AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin, Germany -- Seagram Building, New York City, USA -- Dulles Airport, Washington DC, USA -- Fuji TV Headquarters Building, Tokyo, Japan -- Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- China Central TV Headquarters, Beijing, China -- Government Administration -- Megaron of Pylos, Greece -- Pnyx, Athens, Greece -- Curia Julia, Rome, Italy -- Alhambra, Granada, Spain -- Forbidden City, Beijing, China -- Machu Picchu, Peru -- Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey -- Imperial Palace of Kyoto, Japan -- Palace of Versailles, Île de France, France -- Residenz at Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany -- Richmond Capitol, Virginia, USA -- Palace of Westminster, London, UK -- Hilversum Town Hall, Netherlands -- Säynatsälo Town Hall, Finland -- Culture and Entertainment -- Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan -- Theatre at Epidauros, Greece -- Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, Italy -- Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy -- Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy -- Globe Theatre, London, UK -- Louvre, Paris, France -- Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany -- Crystal Palace, London, UK -- Opéra Garnier, Paris, France -- Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany -- Memorials -- Tomb of Mausolus, Bodrum, Turkey -- Qin Shi Huang Imperial Necropolis, Shaanxi, China -- Memorial Columns, Rome, Paris and London -- Pazzi Chapel, Florence, Italy -- Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Italy -- L'Église du Dôme, Les Invalides, Paris, France.Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA -- Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing, China -- Public Spaces -- Agora of Athens/Forum of Rome -- Piazza del Campo/Piazza Navona -- Place des Vosges/Tiananmen Square -- Piazza San Marco/Potsdamer Platz.…”
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North american tunneling 2014 proceedings

Table of Contents: “…Kaneshiro -- Tunneling Under the Sydney Opera House: The Vehicle Access and Pedestrian Safety Project / Mehdi Bakhshi / Verya Nasri -- Modeling of Precast Concrete Tunnel Lining Subjected to Fire Event / Seth Pollak / Nik Sokol / Mark Adams / Greg McTaggart / Ben Clarke.…”
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