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Jørn Utzon

1918 – 2008 · aged 90

Danish architect (1918–2008)

Born
9 Apr 1918 · Copenhagen
Died
29 Nov 2008 · Helsingør
Part ofDenmark800 CE – todayDanish Realm911 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 103 years
  1. 9 Apr 1918BornBorn in Copenhagen
  2. 1947AwardEmil Bissens Award
  3. 1957AwardEckersberg Medal
  4. 1967AwardC. F. Hansen Medal
  5. 1973AwardPrince Eugen Medal
  6. 1978AwardRoyal Gold Medal
  7. 1982AwardAlvar Aalto Medal
  8. 1985AwardHonorary Companion of the Order of Australia
  9. 1986AwardNiels Prize
  10. 1992AwardWolf Prize in Architecture
  11. 1998AwardSonning Prize
  12. 2003AwardPritzker Architecture Prize
  13. 29 Nov 2008DiedDied in Helsingør

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1918 – 2008).

  1. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  2. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  3. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  4. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  5. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  6. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  7. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1938Munich Agreement
  9. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  10. 1939 – 1945World War II
  11. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  12. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  13. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  14. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  15. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  16. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  17. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  18. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  20. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  21. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  23. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  24. 1956Suez Crisis
  25. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  27. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  29. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  31. 1968Prague Spring
  32. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  33. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  34. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  35. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  37. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  38. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  39. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  40. 1985Schengen Agreement

Biography

Jørn Oberg Utzon (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn ˈut.sʌn]; 9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008) was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Utzon's revised design, which he completed in 1961, was the basis for the landmark, although it was not completed until 1973.

When the Sydney Opera House was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime, after Oscar Niemeyer. Other noteworthy works include Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen and the National Assembly Building in Kuwait. He also made important contributions to housing design, especially with his Kingo Houses near Helsingør.

Utzon attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1937–42) and was influenced early on by Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto.

Text from the Wikipedia article Jørn Utzon, CC BY-SA 4.0

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