The Lodge is a sandstone cottage that stands beside the Government House Gate entrance of the Royal Botanic Gardens, leading to Government House. It was designed by Mortimer Lewis in the Gothic architectural style, as an exact copy of one of the lodges at the entrance gates of the Royal Park at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. The sandstone cottage was built in 1846 as the guardhouse of Government House and was originally sited at the main entrance on Macquarie Street. It moved to its present location in 1915 when the stables were converted to the Conservatorium of Music.
This historic house is located in Frederick Street, in the southern suburb of Rockdale. It was built in the Federation Queen Anne architectural style with Arts and Crafts touches.
The Sydney Opera House was illuminated for the Vivid Sydney festival which ran from the 27th May to the 13th June. The “Lighting the Sails” animations were created by a team from France called Superbien.
These light projections on Customs House at Circular Quay were displayed during the Vivid Sydney festival. “Unfamiliar Customs” was created by The Electric Canvas, transforming this sandstone building’s facade with a series of 3D-mapped animation sequences. The projections both celebrate and sometimes mock the iconic architecture in a playful creation reflecting its 160 years standing on the shore of Sydney Harbour.
“Sydney Ice Bear” was an ice sculpture of a male polar bear that was located in Customs House Square. It was carved by British sculptor Mark Coreth for World Environment Day to highlight the human impact on our environment and to create awareness of climate change. This happened to coincide with the Vivid Sydney festival, so it had quite a spectacular backdrop at night with the light projections on Customs House that I featured yesterday. I featured some daytime shots of the sculpture here.
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated every year for the Vivid Sydney festival. This year’s “Lighting the Sails” was created by a team from France called Superbien. These designs were rather more difficult to photograph than in previous years because they were so animated.
This heritage building lit up for the Vivid Sydney festival was the Officers House in colonial days. The “Officers House” design was created by Vessi Ivanova and Thomas Stevens from Australia. The building was painted with dynamic light colours inside and outside, which constantly changed.