THE SYDNEY EXHIBITION.

Western Star, Issue 281, 25 January 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE SYDNEY EXHIBITION.

Considerable interest is naturally felt with regard to the intended International Exhibition building at Sydney. Though no* derived from an official source,' the ‘ Sydney Morning Herald’ says that ithe structure will be one that is likely to prove at once useful , and ornamental. The Colonial Architect’s , idea is to have it diagonally across the • highest portion of the Inner Domain, with the central frost immediately , facing the ; . Governor. Bourke statue. ; The design of the building, in a general sense, ; will be , after the fashion of a cross, with a large central dome and lantern roof. The main avenues will be after the fornot of a cross,'and from them side 'compartments will branch out, the plan being that compartments shall not exceed 23ft, and piay be extended just : , as . they, are ; • required, and with due relation to: the central - feature. Advantage will be taken of the site to make the main building on the level of the highest portion of the domain, and to construct a basement story on the ground floor, so that facing the harbor there will be two stories, and facing the Bourke ' statue only one. The basement floor, which,,; will be entered as well from the outside as by steps leading from the main floor, will be admirably suited for machinery in motion, ;i &c. Besides the main tower, there are proposed to be smaller towers at different places about the structure, which will give it from the harbor and every part of Sydney quite a picturesque appearance. There will be galleries around the main building, and so the entire floor space will be made up to six acres and a half. Mr John Young’s ideas , have been, to some extent, embodied in the design, chiefly in that there is a central feature from which the -bays* or 25ft compartments, branch off. His suggestion that the light should- be got from the south and southeast, so as to prevent shadow, is also to bo adopted. The material to be used jin the building has not been settled, but it is probable it will be iron.