#the quadrangle

[dlyarchitecture]

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I should’ve done that from the beginning...

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Issue 11 Pages 3-12

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The_Great_Hall_v01 by Ian B Via Flickr: The Great Hall at Sydney University. I was driving around the city looking for tower cranes to shoot last night. I happened to drive past Sydney University and decided to head in for a look. All of the parts of the Quadrangle and the Great Hall were open so I quickly stuck my head in for a pano. I only got this one finished though before the building was shut for the evening which is a shame, I could have shot there for hours. This is a quick test pano from JPEG. I need to redo this from RAW due to difficult lighting conditions but I am still happy with this 3 image x 3 bracket pano of the Great Hall. From Wiki: The Great Hall of the University of Sydney, Australia, is one of the principal structures of the university, with a public interior used for formal ceremonies, conferences, recitals and dinners. The Hall, located in the Main Quadrangle on the Camperdown campus, is a symbol of the university's stately history and an excellent example of Victorian Gothic revival architecture Designed by Sir Edmund Thomas Blacket (1817–1883), the Great Hall lies at the most northeastern point of the university Quadrangle - dominating the sweeping lawns of University Place, as well as University Avenue, which overlooks Victoria Park. Blacket, who was appointed Colonial Architect of New South Wales from 1849–1854, resigned from his position in 1855 to pursue the design of new buildings for the University - supervising both their development, and construction, until their completion in 1862. Blacket's other notable achievements include the design of St. Paul's College and the alteration of the original construction of St. Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney, from architect James Hume's original design. The Great Hall was completed in 1859, and represents one of Blacket's finest accomplishments. On July 18, 1859, degrees were first conferred upon graduates by the University in a formal ceremony in the Hall. During 1881–1882, a Forster & Andrews pipe organ was installed, later to be replaced in 1971-72 by the present organ which was manufactured by German builder Rudolf von Beckerath of Hamburg.