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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 153: The Fern - Passive House Apartment Building

The Fern is a recently completed 11 apartment building developed, designed and constructed by Oliver Steele Associates on a small in-fill site in Redfern, in inner-city Sydney.

What's unusual about the building is both the final result, the Southern Hemisphere's first Passive House concrete apartment building, but also the journey that Oliver took as architect, builder and developer to achieve this outcome.

For more information visit: www.thefern.com.au

This story is proudly presented by KNAUF Insulation and MUROBOND paints.

Producer: Greg Kelly

Director: Ron Brown

Camera: Ron Brown

Editor: Greg Kelly

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