Planning fallacy
The Sydney Opera House was expected to be completed in 1963. A scaled-down version opened in 1973, a decade later. The original cost was estimated at $7 million, but its delayed completion led to a cost of $102 million.
David Surrey Littlemore
David Littlemore AO was one of Australia's most distinguished architects. Littlemore was one of the first life fellows of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. He headed the consortium that took over the design and construction of the Sydney Opera House in 1966 when Mr Jørn Utzon resigned his commission from the NSW Government.