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The Dream of Perfection

Dir. John Weiley

THE DREAM OF PERFECTION is as extraordinary as its provocative subject matter, the dramatic story of the building of the Sydney Opera House, culminating in Utzons departure from the project. Director John Weiley was commissioned in 1968 to make the documentary Autopsy on a Dream by then BBC2 controller David Attenborough, and following its only screening on the BBC, it was destroyed literally chopped to pieces on the chopping block. Miraculously, a mute print of Autopsy on a Dream was rediscovered in a BBC vault this year, and has now been restored with sound saved by John Weiley, and with a new prologue. The film features interviews with David Attenborough, Jan Utzon, Lin Utzon, and Richard Neville.

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Episode 59: WAF 2014 Richard Francis-Jones FJMT

Richard Francis-Jones is one of the Design Directors at the award-winning architectural firm FJMT.

Since graduating from the University of Sydney in 1985, Francis-Jones has worked for firms in New York, Los Angeles and Paris. Under his leadership, FJMT has won several awards and competitions, including the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings, the Lloyd Rees Award for excellence in Civic Design, the Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage and the Greenaway Award for Conservation.

Apart from his work at FJMT, Richard Francis-Jones also engages in university life. He has taught at universities both in Australia and overseas, and led several conferences on architectural theory, including the RAIA 2008 National Conference.

Jan Henderson caught up with him at this year’s World Architecture festival, to talk to him about the nature of FJMT’s projects and their current and future plans.

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