Jørn Utzon: Drawings and Buildings

Jørn Utzon: Drawings and Buildings
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Visionary Danish architect JÃ¸rn Utzon was just thirty-eight years old when in 1957 he was named the surprise winner of an international competition to design the Sydney Opera House in Australia. His bold design consisting of five performance halls topped by billowing concrete shells clad in ceramic tile is universally recognized as a masterpiece of twentieth-century architecture. While this early triumph brought Utzon worldwide fame, it overshadowed a larger body of work of great importance for modern architecture. Utzon's highly diverse projects around the globe, from the National Assembly in Kuwait and Melli Bank in Tehran, Iran, to the BagsvÃ¦rd Church and numerous houses in Denmark, are testaments to his belief that modernism need not sacrifice local character to be forward thinking. Organized into six thematic chaptersâ€”place, working method, building culture, construction, materiality, and livingâ€”JÃ¸rn Utzon presents all of his important work as well as many of his lesser-known, though equally important competition entries, furniture designs, and other built projects.
Country USA
Brand Princeton Architectural Press
Manufacturer Princeton Architectural Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 37600724
ReleaseDate 2013-12-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616891800

Country	USA
Brand	Princeton Architectural Press
Manufacturer	Princeton Architectural Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	37600724
ReleaseDate	2013-12-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781616891800

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