Opera House Roof Tiles

It is important that such a large white sculpture in the harbour setting catches and mirrors the sky with all its varied lights dawn to dusk day to day throughout the year.

Opera house roof tiles.

Sooooo many people think the opera house is white says allison. Its roof is covered in tiles and news flash they re not all solid white. Why is this tile not on the sydney opera house roof. The roof of the sydney opera house has a whopping 1 056 000 glazed white granite tiles that have been imported from sweden.

Sydney opera house model. Timber illustrates the origin of the roof geometry of the sydney opera house designed by jørn utzon made by ove arup and partners england australia 1961 65. Though they are meant to be self cleaning in nature they still require maintenance replacement. 241mm length x 120mm width x 25mm depth.

The tiles that cover the opera house come in two types the shiny ice tiles and the rarer matte snow tiles. In 1999 sydney opera house underwent a major maintenance program which included the replacement of a limited number of roof tiles primarily from around the edges of shells. In total there are 1 056 006 tiles on the roof. For such an enormous construction the tiles are not particularly large around 120 mm square.

The impressive and subtle chevron pattern has glossy white matte cream coloured tiles manufactured by höganäs ab. Principal curator matthew connell explores the ideas behind the creation of sydney s most famous building. The own our house campaign will first and foremost support renewal of the building. Many people just look from afar and never see the detail.

They re laid out not as squares but rather as diamond shapes and although from a distance the opera house appears to be white there are actually two tile colours and textures on display glossy white and matt cream. The majority of original removed tiles did not survive intact. This is an extract from the publication icons which can be purchased online. The tile weighs approx 1 7 kilograms.

The tiles that cover the opera house come in two types the shiny ice tiles and the rarer matte snow tiles.