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Sydney Day 1: The Opera House

The gap between the two big shells. It's really not hard to grasp how it was built, basically fairly straightforward with reinforced concrete, glass and ceramic tiles. But the challenge apparently was that there was too much weight on top, whereas normally it would be opposite. How did they solve it? We'll find out soon...

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The gap between the two big shells. It's really not hard to grasp how it was built, basically fairly straightforward with reinforced concrete, glass and ceramic tiles. But the challenge apparently was that there was too much weight on top, whereas normally it would be opposite. How did they solve it? We'll find out soon...