Sydney Open will be held from 2-4 November and will give Sydneysiders and visitors a chance to experience the architecture of 70 of Sydney's private residential homes, office blocks and heritage sites.
A Sydney Open first, ticket holders can tour 1 Bligh Street, Sydney’s flagship 6-star Green Star office tower, 70B William Street, an old stone sewer building in Woolloomooloo, Challenger Workplace, winner of the 2010 RAIA NSW Interior Architecture Award, and St Andrew's Cathedral School where the playground is on the rooftop in the centre of the city.
The weekend will open with on Friday with five of the city’s iconic sites for free - Chief Secretary’s Building, the oldest convict building- the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, On Seven at David Jones, Parliament House and St James’ Church.
HHT Director Kate Clark said.
“Sydney Open is a unique event offering people the opportunity to discover and learn about our city’s architecture from across the ages.”
“One of the wonderful things about Sydney Open is it gives you the chance to explore and appreciate places that are normally off limits or that you might have been walking past every day and wanted to see inside.
Focus Tours held on Saturday 3rd November offer exclusive access to 20 nominated sites. These tours cover residential, history aged or limited capacity areas and provide an in-depth insight into the architecture and are led in most cases by their architects or owners.
On Sunday, the City Pass enables ticket holders to get up close and personal with 50 of Sydney’s buildings including the Sydney Fire Station, the King Street Courts, the Great Synagogue and the glorious National Mutual building.
Image courtesy of Architectus
For more information and tickets please visit the Sydney Open website.
*Architecture and Design in conjunction with the Historic Houses Trust of NSW is giving away two free tickets to Sydney Open 2012.
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