Records Relating to the Technical Advisory Panel of the Sydney Opera House Executive Committee [John William (JW) Roderick] (Series 1105)

This series contains folders of correspondence, a legal contract and reports that detail JW Roderick's association and involvement in the planning stages in the construction of the Sydney Opera House as a member on the Technical Advisory Panel. The series includes:

- “Report and Recommendations on the mechanical services in the Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point Sydney, Australia”; October 1958; written by consulting engineers Niels Steenson and Jorgen Varming.

- “Sydney Opera House: calculations and recommendations of the outer ceramic wall facings”; May 1959; written by Professor Ove Pettersson.

- “Agreement and conditions of contract for the construction of stage II of the Sydney Opera House”, draft, 1962.

- “Descriptive Narrative with Status Quo”, 1965; report written by architect Jorn Utzon.

- “Jorn Utzon and the third generation: three works by Jorn Utzon – Sydney Opera House, Silkborg Museum, Zurich Theatre”; complimentary copy of periodical Zodiac (Issue 14); written by S. Giedion; journal includes black and white photographs of Utzon's work; sent to JW Roderick with a note attached to the journal, “To Professor Roderick with Mr Utzon's compliments 19/10/65."

- Correspondence addressed to Roderick from the Sydney Opera House Treasury Advisory Panel, 1963 to 1966.