Architecture Club with Louise O’Brien
Passionate about buildings and architecture?
Event details
| Date | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 17 October 2026 | 11:00am |
Event concludes at 5:00pm |
| Saturday, 14 November 2026 | 11:00am |
Event concludes at 5:00pm |
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | $69 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
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All patrons (aged 12 and over) must have a ticket. Children under 15 years old must be accompanied by a paying adult.
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General Public tickets on-sale
9am, Wednesday 8 July 2026
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For any special access requirements phone the Contact Centre on 1300 764 849 or email bookings@sydneyoperahouse.com.
The workshop will commence in the Centre for Creativity and we will move to different indoor and outdoor areas of the Opera House. Be prepared to walk around the venue with the facilitators and participants.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Recommended for both adults and young people 12+ with accompanying adult.
This workshop is for artists, architects and design enthusiasts beginners to experts alike!
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
About the workshops
Reset Challange
Saturday 25 July 2026
Step into a hands-on day long workshop including a short tour of some unique Sydney Opera House spaces.
We’re going to reset our brains. We’re going to shake off the usual rules, the ones we follow without even noticing, and ask, “What if the world worked differently?”
We’re going to design the impossible. Buildings that float. Rooms where gravity changes. Playgrounds made of shadows. If it sounds strange, you’re on the right track.
We’re going to break the rules on purpose. Architects who change the world don’t follow the old rules, they invent new ones You’ll sketch, build, imagine, and collaborate. You’ll share ideas, mix ideas, and turn wild thoughts into even wilder designs.
Regeneration
Saturday 17 October 2026
Step into a hands-on day long workshop including a short tour of some unique Sydney Opera House spaces.
Inspired by the unique design genius of architect Jørn Utzon and the Sydney Opera House, get creative through a series of fun and playful design exercises for beginners or design lovers, whilst learning about the architectural history of the Sydney Opera House.
A regeneration workshop inspired by Jørn Utzon invites participants to explore nature’s patterns, modular creativity and biophilia. Through hands‑on making and collective experimentation, ideas grow organically—echoing the Opera House’s spirit of innovation—shaping sustainable futures through curiosity, collaboration and continual transformation.
Participants will imagine a regenerated Sydney, grounded in landscape, place and deep care for Country.
WASTETASTIC
Saturday 14 November 2026
Step into a hands-on day long workshop including a short tour of some unique Sydney Opera House spaces.
WASTETASTIC is an experimental architecture workshop where students explore how waste materials can become the building blocks of imaginative structures. Instead of seeing trash as something discarded, students learn to see it as a resource — full of texture, form, and unexpected design potential.
Just as Jørn Utzon cleverly drew on local materials and construction traditions to shape his most iconic designs, students in WASTETASTIC will learn to see everyday waste as a resource with its own architectural potential.”
The workshop blends sustainability, material exploration, and architectural thinking in a way that feels playful, inventive, and visually exciting.
About the artist
Louise O’Brien
Louise O’Brien is a registered Architect in NSW with qualifications in Installation Art & Interior Design. She is the founder of Apsara Collective – a residential, hospitality and interior architecture studio. She has more than twenty years’ experience locally and internationally. Louise’s passion for design and the opportunities it provides to inspire and empower young people has led her to education and she now lectures at a tertiary level and runs the Architecture for Kids School based in Sydney and Sydney Opera House's regular Architecture Club.
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Attending this event
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Ticket information
If you have further questions or need help, please refer to our general terms and conditions for tickets and events or contact a member of our team on 1300 764 849.
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A booking fee of $8.95 applies per transaction. Prices are correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times. Babies aged 0-2 years old at the time of a performance may be seated on an adult’s lap. Children three (3) years and older will need to hold a standard ticket.
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At the venue
Information to help you arrive at the venue on time and prepared for your show.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy. The Opera House has also developed a Child-friendly Code of Conduct to engage with our youngest visitors.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House is a smoke-free site. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
The safety and security of patrons, visitors and staff is our highest priority. Entry to venues inside the Opera House including theatres, the Utzon Room, the Centre for Creativity and Bennelong Restaurant is via a single entry point located under the Monumental Steps.
In line with our venue security procedures, all ticketholders must present their bags and personal belongings for visual inspection or x-ray screening prior to entering the building. Our walk-through scanners are safe for patrons with pacemakers, cochlear implants or similar devices. Please let security know if you prefer alternative screening.
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If your child becomes unsettled during the performance, we ask that you step outside with them until they settle. Note that you may not be readmitted until there is a suitable break in the performance.
Filming and photography is not permitted inside the venue, unless expressly authorised by us. You must switch your mobile phone off or to silent while in the venue.
Refreshments are available to purchase from our theatre bars, with foyers open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
The Opera House has a range of restaurants and bars on site. Explore our venues.
Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show. It is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly. Larger items – including handbags bigger than A4-size, backpacks, umbrellas, suitcases and prams – are not permitted inside the venues and must be cloaked.
Yes, pram parking is available outside our theatres. All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers.
We’ll aim to seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat.
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We advise that you arrive 15 minutes prior to the event.
If you’re collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts.
Prior to the workshop, please notify us if you will need a chair for the session, so we can have those available. Please email accessibility@sydneyoperahouse.com to request a chair or notify our team of any additional needs you may have.
Location and access
Centre for Creativity
The Centre for Creativity is located at the end of the Western Foyers, next to the Drama Theatre. Best accessed through the Western Foyers entry.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).