Sydney Open 2010

Perfect Sunday today.

view over Sydney Harbour today

It was the last day of Sydney Architecture Festival.  We caught the last event, Sydney Open, and had the opportunity to look at some buildings which are not normally accessible to general public. I would have loved to see some Mid Century modern houses by Harry Seidler and Neville Gruzman if we were a bit more organised... Anyhow, some of the buildings we saw today!

Sydney Masonic Centre - experience of walking up the central staircase was incredible, with the mass and fluidity of off-form concrete from the 70's.. (Joseland Filling, 1974; tower completion: 2004)

Sydney Masonic Centre (Joseland Filling, 1974; tower completion: 2004)

Hyde Park Barracks - top floor exposed original roof structure above corridor between the convicts rooms.  There is something pure about the way the roof structure relates to the walls (Francis Greenway, 1819; UNESCO World Heritage listed 2010)

Hyde Park Barracks (Francis Greenway, 1819; UNESCO World Heritage listed 2010)

Hyde Park Barracks - landscape wall which I believe was reconfigured from the original by rebuilding a portion of the wall to open up a view window to and from outside (Francis Greenway, 1819; UNESCO World Heritage listed 2010)

The Mint (Architect unknown, 1816; new building: FJMT, 2004)

Duetsch Bank Place (Foster+Partners, 2005)