Jørn Oberg Utzon, AC, Hon. FAIA was a Danish architect. He was most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia, completed in 1973. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime, after Oscar Niemeyer. Other noteworthy works include Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen and the National Assembly Building in Kuwait. He also made important contributions to housing design, especially with his Kingo Houses near Helsingør.
Utzon attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and was influenced early on by Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto.
Utzon attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and was influenced early on by Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto.
Show lessRead more
Wikipedia12 stories
View AllRelated works from the web
Artworks not sourced from our partners' collections
Related works from the webHomage to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
www.austapestry.com.au
Homage to Carl Emmanuel Bach | Australian Tapestry Workshop
“I have made a sculpture … you will never be finished with it – when you pass around it or see it against the sky… something new goes on all the time… together with the sun, the light and the clouds, it makes a living thing.”
Jørn Utzon
Apr 9, 1918 - Nov 29, 2008
You are all set!
Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.