20th century · 1918–2008
Jørn Utzon
Jørn Utzon · Australia
Designer of the Sydney Opera House
A Danish architect. In 1957 his scheme won the international design competition for the Sydney Opera House; the project was mired in controversy over cost overruns, delays and political pressure, and he eventually resigned and left Australia, with the building completed by an Australian team. In 2003 he received the Pritzker Architecture Prize; juror Frank Gehry said he had 'made a building well ahead of its time'. He died in Copenhagen in 2008, and the New South Wales parliament passed a motion in his memory.
Where the story happened
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Historia · Sydney Opera House
After the architect left
In 1955 New South Wales held an international design competition for an opera house, receiving 233 entries from 32 countries; on 29 January 1957 the Danish architect Jørn Utzon was announced the winner. Work began in 1958 but was dogged by controversy over cost overruns, delays and political pressure; Utzon eventually resigned and left Australia, and the Opera House was completed by an Australian team led by Peter Hall and opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973. Utzon won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2003, the Opera House was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2007, and he died in Copenhagen the following year.
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