Modern Architecture

Australian architecture has a number of iconic structures to its credit. One of the best examples that enjoy worldwide recognition is the Sydney Opera House. Designed by the legendary Danish architect Jorn Utzon, who won the design contract from among 233 entries from 32 countries. Construction of the Sydney Opera House started in March 1959 and took 14 years to complete at a cost of $103 million. It has been designed to accommodate five different performance spaces; the Concert hall, the Opera theatre, the Drama Theatre, the Playhouse and the Studio each to seat 2679,1547, 544, 398 and 400 people respectively. Apart from these it also has other performance areas like the Utzon Room, which can accommodate 244 people and the Forecourt, which is an open-air venue providing a number of configuration options. There are also five restaurants and a four souvenir shops. The electrical consumption of the opera house is equivalent to a town of about 25000 residents. The length of the power cables used for electrical distribution is approx. 645 kilometres.

The architectural design of the opera house is exceptional, still considered modern and unmatched even after three and a half decades of its existence. The structure is built over 4.5 acres of land. It measures 605 feet in length and at its widest point is 388 feet wide. The whole structure stands on 588 concrete piers sunk to a depth of 25 meters below sea level.

The roof structure is shaped from a number of huge pre-cast shells of concrete, each one being a part of a hemisphere having the same radius. All the shells are of uniform curvature throughout in both directions. The shells are externally lined with white and cr

Architecture is the art and science of scheming out and construct buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter.  It is the art or science of building; exclusively: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially livable ones.

For your architecture dissertation you are required to do methodical research work. Architecture is all about originality where as dissertation writing is all about research on a great topic.

Architecture dissertations have a lot to do with the topic. If you choose a good architect dissertation topic it would be much easier for you visualize how your dissertation is going to be. It is like visualizing a building before it stands up. A good topic gives your architecture dissertation a sound platform.

Some great architecture dissertation topics can be:

1. Earthquake design in architecture

2. Building wonder bridges

3. Organic architecture

4. Non rectangular building science

5. The wonder that is Sydney Opera house

6. How architecture affects the environment

7. Form more important then function?

8. Eco-friendly type of architecture packed with state-of-the-art technology for energy conservation like photocells, quantum mechanics, fusion technology, etc.

9. Ultimate design of eco/modern living and why people won’t buy such a house and why builders won’t build and how easy/difficult it would be to get planning permission etc.?

Architecture is the art and science of scheming out and construct buildings and other physical structures by a person or a computer, primarily to provide shelter.  It is the art or science of building; exclusively: the art or practice of designing and building structures and especially livable ones.




By: Eva Mason