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.

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" (PDF). Harvard Design. Vol. 22. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2007. 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)

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[1] "Six Important Buildings to Know by Danish Architect Jørn Utzon". Scandinavia Standard. 7 June 2019.

[2] Flyvbjerg, Bent (Spring–Summer 2005). "Design by Deception: The Politics of Megaproject Approval" (PDF). Harvard Design. Vol. 22. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2012.

[3] Pritzker Architecture Prize, "Jørn Utzon, 2003 Laureate"; retrieved 2013-3-27.

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