And who designed it?
Frank Lloyd Wright?
Le Corbusier?
Renzo Piano?
THE WINNER: Who was Jørn Utzon?
And what were the influences that formed him?
Like many architects, Jørn Utzon had initially entered the competition to design Sydney’s opera house to exercise his ideas. He was surprised to learn he had won.
Born in 1918 in Copenhagen, Utzon grew up in the immediate aftermath of the First World War. Despite the enormous disruption wrought by the conflict, modernity was already beginning to remodel the landscape of 20th century Europe.
By 1956, the year of his opera house competition entry, Utzon had inherited broadly from the artistic, cultural and scientific revolutions that arose out of this immense period of change.
No comments:
Post a Comment