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
- Jørn utzon, bagsværd kirke - bagsvaerd church, copenhagen 1967-1976 (5958688179).jpg
Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen (1968–1976)
- Utzon Can Lis.jpg
Can Lis, Utzon's first house on Mallorca
Svaneke water tower (1951)
- Skagen Odde Naturcenter da 080707.jpg
Skagen Odde Naturcenter, Denmark, 1989 (completed by his son Jan Utzon in 1999–2000)
- Jørn utzon, architects own house, hellebæk, 1950-1952.jpg
Architect's own house, Hellebæk, (1950–1952)
- Middelboe house, holte, jorn utzon, 1953-1955.jpg
Middelboe house, Holte, (1953–1955)
- Romerhusene02.jpg
Kingo houses, Helsingør (1956–1960)
- Fredensborg Houses 17.jpg
Fredensborg Houses (1959–1963)
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)