"Over-budget by more than fourteen times"

Opera House | Sydney | Australia | 1999

The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world. The Opera House was formally completed in 1973, having cost $102 million. The original cost estimate in 1957 was $7 million.the project was completed ten years late and over-budget by more than fourteen times.