Sydney

http://buildbyman.blogspot.ro/2009/01/sydney-opera-house.html Facts and figures: The Sydney Opera house:
 * * ===** Sydney Opera House **===

* Was designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon * Was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973 * Presented, as its first performance, The Australian Opera's production of War and Peace by Prokofiev * Cost $AU 102,000,000 to build * Conducts 3000 events each year * Provides guided tours to 200,000 people each year * Has an annual audience of 2 million for its performances * Includes 1000 rooms * Is 185 metres long and 120 metres wide * Has 2194 pre-cast concrete sections as its roof * Has roof sections weighing up to 15 tons * Has roof sections held together by 350 km of tensioned steel cable * Has over 1 million tiles on the roof * Uses 6225 square metres of glass and 645 kilometres of electric cable ||  ||