The Architecture of Sydney.: декабря 2011

пятница, 23 декабря 2011 г.

Chapter 1

ANZ Stadium

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
In Australia there are many stadiums and sport facilities. One of the most popular is Stadium Australia, currently also known as ANZ Stadium due to naming rights, formerly known as Telstra Stadium. The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes referred to simply as the "Olympic Stadium", was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics.
The project was inspired by "akubra" which is a typical Australian soft hat. The stadium presents two main tribunes that are covered by a huge roof that is constructed from translucent polycarbonate. The elegance of the roof is one of the most pleasant aspects of the stadium. The shape of the roof offers the possibility to reuse rainwater directing it into water reservoirs. Suspended from a huge arch structure, the roof has a length of 985 feet (300 meters). Notwithstanding its immense dimension, the roof offers a sense of lightness that is accentuated by the translucent material which it is made of.
The stadium integrates uncommonly with its environment. Air and natural ventilation are secured by means of spaces that were left empty intentionally. The shape of the roof offers the possibility to reuse rainwater directing it into water reservoirs. At the outside, the four entry towers appear imposingly making the stadium the reference point of the Olympic Village.
The stadium is very beautiful and unusual themselves.

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Information

Romanesque Revival architecture

(Queen Victoria Building)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesque_Revival_architecture

Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, however, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to feature more simplified arches and windows than their historic counterparts.

Queen Victoria Building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Building

The Queen Victoria Building, or QVB, is a late nineteenth century building by the architect George McRae in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. The Romanesque Revival building is 30 metres wide by 190 metres long, and fills a city block, bounded by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. Designed as a shopping centre, it was later used for a variety of other purposes until its restoration and return to its original use in the late twentieth century.

Architectural features

The dominant feature is the central dome, consisting of an interior glass dome and a copper-sheathed exterior, topped by a domed cupola. Smaller domes of various sizes are on the roofline, including a pair overtopping each end of the rectangular building.
Stained glass windows, including a cartwheel window depicting the arms of the City of Sydney, allow light into the central area, and the roof itself incorporates arched skylights running lengthways north and south from the central dome. The intricate colonnades, arches, balustrades and cupolas make the exterior a visual feast of Victorian fussiness.
Inside, the building consists of four main shopping floors, the top three pierced by voids protected by decorated cast-iron railings. Much of the tilework, especially under the central dome, is original, and the remainder is in keeping with this style. Underground passageways lead off to Town Hall Station at the southern end, and to a food court at the north.