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Jørn Utzon

Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (died 2008)

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Born
April 9, 1918
Died
November 29, 2008
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1918

About Jørn Utzon

Jørn Oberg Utzon was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Utzon's revised design, which he completed in 1961, was the basis for the landmark, although it was not completed until 1973. A design can grow like a tree, he explained: "If it grows naturally, the architecture will look after itself." In 1957, Utzon unexpectedly won the competition to design the Sydney Opera House. When the Sydney Opera House 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.

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Jørn Utzon timeline

  1. A design can grow like a tree, he explained: "If it grows naturally, the architecture will look after itself." In 1957, Utzon unexpectedly won the competition to design the Sydney Opera House.
  2. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia.
  3. Utzon's revised design, which he completed in 1961, was the basis for the landmark, although it was not completed until 1973.
  4. When the Sydney Opera House 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.

The world when Jørn Utzon was born

Jørn Utzon was born in 1918. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1918

  • Best-selling book"The U.P. Trail" – Zane Grey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWorld Series played in September due to WWI
  • Top headlineWorld War I ends — Spanish Flu pandemic begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular airmail service
  • World population~1.78B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population102.0M

1918 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jørn Utzon's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19182026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population102.0M341 million

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