Some weeks after their appointment in late April, the three architects reviewed the work left to them after Utzon's departure and were unanimously shocked by what they found. Quote from a letter from Utzon's assistant, Mogens Prip-Buus, to his parents, 3 April 1966. “They have only been given prints of old drawings relating to what has been built and nothing on all the new parts.” Nine days after Hall’s appointment was publically announced, on 28 April 1966, Utzon and his family left Australia for good. Despite this pressure, after conferring directly with Utzon, Hall accepted the position. Even so, his appointment was too much for many of his fellow architects, who insisted that no one but Utzon should complete the Sydney Opera House. Hall was willing to accept the role on the condition that there was no possibility of Utzon returning. Having already resigned from the Department in early 1966 to pursue his own practice Hall was approached by Farmer with the offer of the Opera House project. On returning to Australia, Hall went to work for Ted Farmer at the Department of Public Works where he assisted the Government Architect in designing the Goldstein College Dining Hall at the University of New South Wales, which was awarded the prestigious Sulman Medal. At the end of his studies he was awarded a generous travel scholarship that afforded him a year in Europe, during which time he visited Utzon in Hellebæk. He had been a scholarship student at Sydney's prestigious Cranbrook School and went on to complete a combined architecture and arts degree at the University of Sydney.
"I'm overwhelmed – but I think I can finish the Opera House."īefore taking on the role of design architect to complete Stage Three, Peter Hall was one of Australia's brightest young architects.
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