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Sydney Opera House designer Joern Utzon dies
From AP, via Salon:
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish architect Joern Utzon who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House has died. He was 90.
Utzon's son Kim says his father died in his sleep early Saturday.
Utzon drew up the design for the opera house in 1957 but quit seven years before it was finished after scandals about cost blowouts and design arguments. Government-appointed architects took over and the interior was not completed to Utzon's original plan.
In 2003, Utzon was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize for the sculptural building that the jury singled it out as among the most iconic buildings of the 20th century.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish architect Joern Utzon who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House has died. He was 90.
Utzon's son Kim says his father died in his sleep early Saturday.
Utzon drew up the design for the opera house in 1957 but quit seven years before it was finished after scandals about cost blowouts and design arguments. Government-appointed architects took over and the interior was not completed to Utzon's original plan.
In 2003, Utzon was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize for the sculptural building that the jury singled it out as among the most iconic buildings of the 20th century.
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