AV Monografías

It has been one hundred years since the birth of Jørn Utzon (1918-2008), the visionary Dane who was only 38 years old when he won the competition to build the Sydney Opera House. 'AV' marks the occasion covering his legacy in a monograph featuring six canonical works along with six articles by international critics. Richard Weston ponders on the sources of inspiration in Utzon's creative process, Marja-Riitta Norri contributes a Nordic approach to the courtyard houses, Françoise Fromonot recalls the research carried out to write her monograph on the Sydney Opera House, the unbuilt projects are covered by Enrique Sobejano, Kenneth Frampton focuses on Bagsværd Church, and Rafael Moneo, who worked with Utzon in 1961, writes about the two Mallorca houses.

Luis Fernández-Galiano
Great Centennial Dane

Six Critical Texts

Richard Weston
The Patient Search of Jorn Utzon

Marja-Riitta Norri
The Sense of Scale in the Courtyard Houses

Françoise Fromonot
Letter to the Master, Remembering Sydney

Enrique Sobejano
Assembling, Folding, Carving: the Unbuilt

Kenneth Frampton
Roofwork and Earthwork, on Bagsvard Church

Rafael Moneo
Living in Landscape, the Mallorca Houses

Six Canonical Works

Kingo and Fredensborg Houses, Zealand (Denmark)
1956-1959 / 1962-1963

Sydney Opera House, Sydney (Australia)
1957-1973

Herning School Center, Jutland (Denmark)
1969-1970

Bagsvard Church, Copenhagen (Denmark)
1969-1976

National Assembly, Kuwait (Kuwait)
1971-1983

Can Lis and Can Feliz, Mallorca (Spain)
1971-1974 / 1992-1994