Jørn Utzon
Danish architect (1918–2008)
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Lived 1918–2008, aged 90
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He won a competition in 1957 with a design so bold it took sixteen years to finish — and became only the second architect to see his own work named a World Heritage Site while he was still alive.
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Utzon trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1937 to 1942, shaped early by Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto. In 1957 he won an international competition with his design for the Sydney Opera House, then revised it through 1961; the building wasn't completed until 1973. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, he joined Oscar Niemeyer as the only living architects so honored. He also designed Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen, the National Assembly Building in Kuwait, and made lasting contributions to housing with his Kingo Houses near Helsingør.
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