The Sydney Opera House is one of the world's twenty most distinctive buildings. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 and visitors to Syndey are impressed by its unique design of sails jutting into Sydney hrabour. However its construction was shrouded in controversy and a very sad event. The Opera House was formally completed in 1973, ten years over schedule and a staggering fourteen times over cost, from $7 million planned to $102 million actual. The architect Jorn Utzon left the project before it was completed. The New South Wales government organized a lottery to pay for the overrun and the winner's son was abducted for a ransom. The son was murdered before the ransom could be paid.
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