Utzon in a sentence

In 1999, he was appointed by the Trust as a design consultant for future work. citation In 2004, the first interior space rebuilt to an Utzon design was opened, and renamed "The Utzon Room" in his honour.

Saarinen reviewed the discarded designs, recognized a quality in Utzon's design which had eluded the rest of the jury and ultimately assured the commission of Utzon.

Utzon and his resignation The building illuminated at night Before the Sydney Opera House competition, Jørn Utzon had won seven of the 18 competitions he had entered but had never seen any of his designs built.

Utzon's ability was never in doubt, despite questions raised by Davis Hughes, who attempted to portray Utzon as an impractical dreamer.

Utzon's son accepted the award on his behalf as Utzon himself was too ill to travel to Australia.

Yuzo Mikami, a member of the design team, presents an opposite view in his book on the project, Utzon's Sphere. citation Mikami, Yuzo: Utzon's Sphere, Tokyo: Shoku Kusha. 2001.

Utzon’s design, one of 5000 Australian pounds as a prize.

The opera house's architect Jørn Utzon even called Gesner to compliment him on the home's stunning design, Gesner's son revealed.

So, who knows, in similar manner to how a ‘new’ John Lennon track hits the charts, we could soon be witnessing the unveiling of a new Jørn Utzon building.

A. Building a masterpiece 2006 Architectural design role of Peter Hall After the resignation of Utzon, the Minister for Public Works, Davis Hughes, and the Government Architect, Ted Farmer, organised a team to bring the Sydney Opera House to completion.

A former Government Architect, Peter Webber, in his book Peter Hall: the Phantom of the Opera House, concludes: when Utzon resigned no one was better qualified (than Hall) to rise to the challenge of completing the design of the Opera House.

All this contributed to Utzon's understanding of factors which contribute to successful architectural design.

Although Utzon and his wife spent an increasing amount of time on Mallorca, they became disturbed by all the tourists who came to see their home.

Attempting to rein in the escalating cost of the project, Hughes began questioning Utzon's capability, his designs, schedules and cost estimates, refusing to pay running costs.

Benefiting from an understanding of Islamic architecture, Utzon designed a building consisting of a covered square, a parliamentary chamber, a conference hall, and a mosque.

Even so, his appointment did not go down well with many of his fellow architects who considered that no one but Utzon should complete the Sydney Opera House.

For him, as for Utzon, it was all about control; about the triumph of homegrown mediocrity over foreign genius.

However, Utzon had still not completed the final designs.

In 2005 he commented, "From the bottom of my heart, I hope that the Utzon Center will be a place where positive thoughts converge and where students from the School of Architecture gather when they want to get together to discuss their ideas.

In a statement at the time Utzon wrote: "The fact that I'm mentioned in such a marvellous way, it gives me the greatest pleasure and satisfaction.