Sydney Opera House is one of those buildings that draws people to it like a giant architectural magnet. And in the shimmering midday sun, it clasps them right to its bosom, under the restorative shade of its eaves and awnings. The lone couple seen here appear to be making their way through an intense light-filled dream.

It’s more than forty years since this unique creation, the work of then little known Danish architect Jørn Utzon, was revealed to an astonished world, but it still astounds.