Work began on the Dome under the leadership of Sir Mark Oliphant, the Academy's first President. It was designed in the same year as Utzon's Opera House, and shares a similar organicism, blending roof into wall. With the completion of work, the Dome and its landscaped precinct will be a national facility ready for the next century. It will be a building all Australia can be proud of. It will play a prominent part in activities for the Centenary year.
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