Jørn Utzon revue - UK

Louisiana Revy, Jørn Utzon, The Architect's Universe , published in connection with Louisiana's exhibition with Utzon in 2004. Although Jørn Utzon (b. 1918) is best known worldwide as the architect behind the famous Sydney Opera House, his work is permeated by the idea of creating buildings for and by people - and not as architectural monuments.

___

Utzon's exploitation of the industrial construction process, as well as his intense focus on both human and aesthetic aspects, make him an innovator of modernism.

So even though the Sydney Opera House (1957-73), the parliament building in Kuwait (1972-82) and the church in Bagsværd (1968-76) have historically been given a monumental character, it has always been the purpose of the building that has been primary for Utzon.

The catalogue illustrates - as the exhibition did - Utzon's working method and emphasizes showing the process with a focus on both Utzon's works and sources of inspiration.

Whether the inspiration comes from nature or the visual universe of other cultures, it has been processed and transformed into a unified design language with a great architectural sense of coherence between wholeness and detail.

Utzon has received many accolades over the years, and the greatest was in May 2003, when he received the world's most prestigious award, The Pritzker Architecture Prize – also called the Nobel Prize of architecture .

Dimensions: 26 x 21.5 cm
Pages: 96
Language: English
Editors: Mette Marcus, Michael Juul Holm and Kjeld Kjeldsen
Publisher: Louisiana Publications