The Sydney Opera House is to be digitally mapped for posterity by a Scottish team.
The iconic Australian building will become the fourth international site to be tackled for the Scottish Ten project which will eventually cover ten World Heritage sites, five in Scotland and five elsewhere in the world.
Culture secretary Fiona Hyslop said: “This will be the most detailed digital recording of the Opera House ever attempted. It will present entirely new challenges for the Scottish Ten team, who have already completed projects at vast and complex sites in the US and India, and will soon visit China.
“This is by far the most modern building to be included in the Scottish Ten project and is a contrast to the castles, mills, tombs, Neolithic settlements, wells and sculptures that have come before it.”
The project brings together Historic Scotland and experts in 3D scanning from Glasgow School of Art’s Digital Design Studio, plus California-based digital heritage organisation CyArk.
The scans will supply information for use in maintenance and conservation programmes.
Other sites recorded by the team include the presidential heads at Mount Rushmore in the US and New Lanark.
