radically restructure the troubled main Opera Theatre.
With his son Jan and a team of Sydney architects, the the surrounding Sydney Harbour sandstone to provide more space.
funding row with the State Government.
having the original architect involved in. It is a very exciting period in the life of the Opera House."
In Copenhagen last week Jan Utzon, 62, outlined the problems architects who took over from his father.
they don't hit the concrete walls.
the stage. Those are not the conditions we need to keep the Opera House as a world-class venue.
"
enough space to allow music to reverberate.
with a solution.
space is to go down," Jan Utzon said.
and it is do-able."
surrounding sandstone, allowing the backstage area to be enlarged and sound quality improved.
former NSW premier Bob Carr in 1999.
reception area and $7 million in improvements to the colonnade. The escalators.
After Joern Utzon abandoned the project, more architects were commissioned to finish the interior on a tighter budget.
They extra theatres that were not part of the original design.
House, and he never will. Jan Utzon says his father's failing eyesight and age means he cannot make the journey to Australia.
But he continues to work on plans for the Opera House.
before it is given approval.
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