tag: jørn utzon
Opera House's bad vibe
posted 03.10 in news.
Philippe Mora has written a meandering long piece in the Sydney Morning Herald, accusing Jorn Utzon of plagiarism, for not name-checking Otto Bartning’s 1922 Sternkirche design . He then notes that Utzon’s mentor was Alvar Aalto, a...
Utzon revisited
posted 08.09 in news.
I have just spent an hour watching Utzon’s ‘Edge of the Possible’, the special edition of which has just been released . Thanks Sue for sending a copy. The gut-wrenching story of the century (for an architect) is familiar to us...
Utzon walk
posted 08.09 in events.
I’ve been on this walk around the Opera House and it’s damn good. Catch it while you can. “Join architect Eoghan Lewis in this in-depth and textured portrait of enigmatic Danish architect Jørn Utzon. The walk discusses the...
obits
posted 12.08 in news.
I wasn’t sure what to expect.. how would the world respond to Utzon’s death? Seeing a full-on Utzon death poster outside a newsagency today, I thought I would have a look around. Journos have painted Utzon as a one-trick pony, albeit...
Utzon
posted 11.08 in news.
At the age of 90, Jørn Utzon has died of a heart attack in his sleep. In 2005 he said , “I will not see it now, which makes me sad. Every day I wake up and think of the Opera House. It gives me such pleasure that the building means so much...
Sydney Opera House
posted 08.08 in resources.
Won in competition by Jorn Utzon in 1957, the Opera House not only became a wonder of the world, it also became such a tangle of a job that an opera was written about it.
Jørn Utzon - Utzon Centre
posted 08.08 in resources.
Danish architect and besieged designer of the Sydney Opera House. The Utzon Centre is currently establishing an archive.
Sydney Opera House
posted 10.07 in news.
SOH – The Guardian (UK) had a major feature on Sydney’s Opera House last week, as part of it’s Great Modern Buildings series. It includes Utzon’s first interview after his departure from the project, and a short homage by...
Great modern buildings
posted 10.07 in news.
A Guardian special, with an introduction by Jonathan Glancey. An unlikely bunch of famous names write about the buildings – Germaine Greer on Notre Dame du Haut: On the way back to Venice from a holiday in Spain we had made a detour to...
Opera House ups and downs
posted 06.07 in news.
30.06.07 – The Opera House has just made it onto the World Heritage List, so that’s good. ABC 28.06.07 WORLD HERITAGE LISTING The SOH has also made the top 21 list of man-made structures – but is likely to be...