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15
Dec 09

Sydney Opera House

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33º51’87″S 151º12’47″E

Sydney Opera House, Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 1957 to 1973
Building Type: opera house
Construction System: tile-clad concrete and precast concrete
Climate: temperate
Context: urban waterfront
Style: Expressionist Modern
Notes: Great stairway, family of forms in spherical section roofs, pure curving shapes that across the harbor in great heroic harmony
Source: www.archiplanet.org

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14
Jun 09

Isle of Pines

New Caledonia 22º40’44″S 167º30’30″E

PARADISE #4
Sunset over the Uenanavo headland cover from the iconic tall native pines (Araucaria columnaris) at the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia.

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28
Dec 98

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 1998

Tasman Sea, Australia 42º33’93″S 148º50’17″E

“Et j’ai vu quelquefois ce que l’homme a cru voir !”
“And sometimes I’ve seen what men have imagined they saw!”
Arthur rimbaud
Le Bateau Ivre
Drunken boat

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