Sydney Open 2004

Just got home from some of the Sydney Open 2004 sites. For those of you not in the know, Sydney Open is a bi-annual day run by the Historic Houses trust and opens many Syndey buildings to the public (for a small fee).

Buildings include the historically significant (eg. Walsh Bay Piers 8/9), architecturally important (eg. various Seidler buildings) and the beautiful (Macquarie Lighthouse).

Included in the regular ticket were 38 properties and focus tours of other properties were available for booking (at an additional fee).

Highlights of my day were:

• Walsh Bay Piers 8/9 (recently the headquarters of Murdoch Magazines)
• Macquarie Lighthouse
• The Penthouse (Harry Seidler) and the Seidler Offices

I shot a few rolls of film, so as soon as I have them developed I will post a few highlights.

It's really amazing to see so much of the diversity of Sydney's architecture in one day. It is truly a city with depth of character that after 4 years is still surprising me every week.

There was also an "Epilogue" comprising short talks by architects and other people that I would have LOVED to have gone to (Harry Seidler was speaking), but Kath and I had friends in town to entertain.