Jørn Utzon
Jørn Utzon (April 9, 1918 – November 29, 2008) was a Danish architect. He was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Aalborg. He is most well known for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia. He won a contest for designing the Sydney Opera House in 1957. However, he left Australia in 1966 and never returned and saw his completed work.[1] He thought of his design of the Sydney Opera House to be like peeling an orange, as he said putting the shells of the building together would make a perfect sphere. In 2001, he was invited back to restore the building and change it back toward his original designs, but he did not return.[2]
In 2003, Utzon won the Pritzker Prize.[3]
Utzon died of a heart attack in Copenhagen.
Jørn Utzon Media
Sydney Opera House - side view
Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen (1968–1976)
Can Lis, Utzon's first house on Mallorca
Svaneke water tower (1951)
Skagen Odde Naturcenter, Denmark, 1989 (completed by his son Jan Utzon in 1999–2000)
Architect's own house, Hellebæk, (1950–1952)
Middelboe house, Holte, (1953–1955)
Kingo houses, Helsingør (1956–1960)
Fredensborg Houses (1959–1963)
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References
- ↑ "Six Important Buildings to Know by Danish Architect Jørn Utzon". Scandinavia Standard. 7 June 2019.
- ↑ Flyvbjerg, Bent (Spring–Summer 2005). "Design by Deception: The Politics of Megaproject Approval". Harvard Design 22: 55. http://flyvbjerg.plan.aau.dk/HARVARDDESIGN63PRINT.pdf. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
- ↑ Pritzker Architecture Prize, "Jørn Utzon, 2003 Laureate"; retrieved 2013-3-27.
Other websites
- Utzon Center Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- The Kingohouses website
- The Sydney Opera House history
- The Edge of the Possible, 58 minute documentary, 1998, Dir: Daryl Dellora, Film Art Doco Pty Ltd
- Design by Deception: The Politics of Megaproject Approval Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)