page_title: Jørn Utzon
section_title: Buildings and projects
hierarchical_section_title: Jørn Utzon / Buildings and projects
caption_attribution_description: Vandtårnet i Svaneke i Danmark, fotograferet fra nærliggende villakvarter
context_page_description: Jørn Oberg Utzon, AC, Hon. FAIA was a Danish architect. He was most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia, completed in 1973. When it 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 and was influenced early on by Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto.
context_section_description: Major built projects
  Water tower in Svaneke, Bornholm, Denmark, 1952
  Architect's own house, Hellebæk, Denmark, 1952
  House in Holte, Denmark, 1953
  Kingo Houses, Helsingør, Denmark 1956–59
  Elineberg Housing, Helsingborg, Sweden, 1966
  Planetstaden housing project in Lund, Sweden, 1957–58
  Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia, 1973
  Fredensborg Houses, courtyard housing in Fredensborg, Denmark, 1965
  Melli Bank, University of Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, 1962
  Hammershøj Care Centre, Helsingør, Denmark, 1966
  Espansiva building system, pre-fabricated single-family houses, Denmark, 1960s
  Bagsværd Church, Bagsværd, Denmark, 1976
  Can Lis, Architect's own house, Majorca, Spain, 1971
  National Assembly of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 1982
  Paustian Furniture Store, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1987
  Can Feliz, Majorca, Spain, 1994
  Skagen Odde Nature Centre, Skagen, Denmark, 1989 (completed by his son Jan Utzon in 1999–2000)
  Utzon Center, Aalborg, 2008 (with Kim Utzon)
caption: Svaneke water tower (1951)
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