18 Sept 2018 (18:30 – 20:30)
77 Cowcross Street, London, UK
Visionary Danish architect Jørn Utzon was just 38 years old in 1957 when he won the international competition to design the Sydney Opera House in Australia. This early triumph brought him worldwide fame, but it also overshadowed a large body of other work – from the National Assembly in Kuwait and Melli Bank in Tehran, Iran, to the Bagsværd Church and numerous houses in Denmark – that demonstrate his belief that Modernism need not sacrifice local character to be forward thinking.
Over the years, his buildings have been modified in different ways, putting his architectural legacy into question. Michael Asgaard Andersen, Associate Professor at the Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark, now offers Docomomo a reappraisal of Utzon on his centenary.
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