Whose Birthday Is It? April 9, 2016

Jørn Utzon (1918)

Utzon was a Danish architect who, in 1957,won a competition to design Australia’sSydney Opera House, which was completed in1973 and was declared a World Heritage Sitein 2007. Utzon is only the second architect inhistory to see his work assigned this status during his lifetime. In1966, after designing the opera house’s distinctive roof—a seriesof glittering white shell-shaped vaults—and spending nearly adecade on the project, Utzon was forced to resign mid-project.Why? More…