‘Opera House for Sydney’

Photographer / artist:

Artist: Marion Mahony Griffin

Copyright:

all rights reserved

Source:

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library,Columbia University, NY

Architects:

Walter Burley Griffin Marion Mahony Griffin

Subject Date:

1938

Image Date:

1936/1938

Type:

ink, watercolour and gouache elevation drawing on linen

Notes:

Unbuilt project. Designed by Griffin originally as extensions to Ahmedabad Municipal Offices in India. Mahony modified her late husband’s design labelling it as opera house in 1938. No evidence of a commission or competition has been found.