The House : The Dramatic Story of the Sydney Opera House and the People Who Made It.

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? -- Chapter eleven: Bennelong pointers -- Chapter twelve: Kiss and sell -- Chapter thirteen: With a little bit of bloomin' luck -- Chapter fourteen: A mini Greek tragedy -- Chapter fifteen: Rising up to the Aztec gods -- Chapter sixteen: The spherical solution -- Chapter seventeen: The end of a romance -- Chapter eighteen: The arch that changed the world -- Chapter nineteen: Plain sailing -- Chapter twenty: Millions and mullions -- Chapter twenty-one: High noon at the Chief Secretary's Building -- Chapter twenty-two: I am still available -- Chapter twenty-three: This chapter is over -- Chapter twenty-four: The divine spark departs -- Chapter twenty-five: SOS to London -- Chapter twenty-six: New man at the Opera House -- Chapter twenty-seven: Autopsy on a dream -- Chapter twenty-eight: 'Hall's Balls' -- Chapter twenty-nine: Not a job for boys -- Chapter thirty: Opening daze -- Chapter thirty-one: Rapprochement -- Epilogue -- Pic section -- Coda -- Cast of characters -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.

The extraordinary story of the 20th century's most recognisable building, with new insights into the people involved and the controversy that surrounded its construction.

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