About this Event
Blackheath Society Members only are invited to join this special occasion.
A MODERN LEGEND - THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
THE 8th WONDER OF THE WORLD?
A story of genius and human frailty: politics, ideas, art & engineering.
Prof. Richard Frewer was close to the project and its construction. He will describe the controversial & painful progress to the realisation of a modern icon.
As a young architect in Arup Associates, with Sir Philip Dowson, Richard designed a house for the Zunz Family: 2a Drax Avenue, Wimbledon (listed Grade 2).
Sir Jack Zunz was a Director of Ove Arup and Partners and later Chair of ARUP. He was responsible for the engineering design and construction of Jorn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House. Through Richard’s closeness to Zunz and to a number of the key players in the design, he witnessed the unfolding of the drama surrounding the project from the inside.
Professor Richard Frewer FRIBA moved, with his wife, Carolyn, to North Several, Blackheath in 2021. He studied architecture in Cambridge and at the Architectural Association in London. Richard was a partner of Arup Associates from 1977-1991, Chair of Architecture at the University of Bath (1990-2000) and Chair at the University of Hong Kong (2000-2005). He has served internationally on several working groups, judging panels and research forums.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St Michael and All Angels, Blackheath, 1 Pond Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 15.00