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Jørn Utzon

1918 - 2008

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Jørn Oberg Utzon (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn ˈut.sʌn]; 9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008) 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jørn Utzon is the 39th most popular architect (up from 50th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 66th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Architect.

Jørn Utzon is most famous for his design of the Sydney Opera House.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jørn Utzon ranks 39 out of 518. Before him are Henry van de Velde, Rem Koolhaas, I. M. Pei, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Peter Behrens, and Ictinus. After him are Hippodamus of Miletus, Tadao Ando, Vladimir Tatlin, Kenzō Tange, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, and Callicrates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Jørn Utzon ranks 23. Before him are Ernst Otto Fischer, Kai Siegbahn, Katherine Johnson, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Takashi Kasahara, and Jens Christian Skou. After him are Ken Miles, Martin Ryle, William Holden, Bertram Brockhouse, Jerome Karle, and Billy Graham. Among people deceased in 2008, Jørn Utzon ranks 21. Before him are Irena Sendler, Richard Widmark, Miriam Makeba, Mahmoud Darwish, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, and Sydney Pollack. After him are Richard Wright, Henry Molaison, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Michael DeBakey, Harold Pinter, and Leonid Hurwicz.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jørn Utzon ranks 64 out of 1,032. Before him are Haakon III of Norway (1182), Johannes Fibiger (1867), Lars von Trier (1956), Jens Christian Skou (1918), August Krogh (1874), and Frederick IV of Denmark (1671). After him are S. P. L. Sørensen (1868), Inge Lehmann (1888), Tollund Man (-400), Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953), Anne of Denmark (1574), and Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Denmark

Among architects born in Denmark, Jørn Utzon ranks 1. After him are Arne Jacobsen (1902), Theophil Hansen (1813), Verner Panton (1926), Jan Gehl (1936), Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Henning Larsen (1925), Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929), Kaare Klint (1888), and Bjarke Ingels (1974).

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