ganjavih
Senior Member
syn: The reference to the Sydney Opera house was Jeff Steiner's, not mine.
I take his quote, "Not every building will be the Sydney Opera House" to mean that not every building will fail to provide substance, which is the case with the Sydney Opera House - a structure that only works as spectacle.
Say what you want about the Sydney Opera House but it succeeded exceptionally well in becoming a landmark and a symbol of Sydney. I generally don't believe in architecture as a spectacle, but our underdeveloped waterfront is a primo candidate for something spectacular.