Floornature - Naturally Inspired

Biography

• 1937 - He began studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen
  1942 - Graduated in architecture
  1942/45 - He lived in Stockholm
  1945 - He was apprenticed to the practices of Gunnar Asplund and Alvar Aalto
  1947/48 - Study tour through Europe and Morocco, where he was deeply influenced by Islamic building methods and techniques
  1947/48 - He lived in Paris
  1949 - Study tour in Mexico and the United States where he made contact with Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe
  1950 - He set up his own practice in Denmark
  1952 - He went into partnership with Enrik and Henry Andersson, Swedish architects
  1957 - First journey to Sydney
  1957 - Journey to China, Japan and Nepal to study traditional forms of oriental architecture
  1957 - He was awarded the Eckensberg medal for architecture
  1958 - Journey to Sydney
  1960 - Journey to Iran where he studied the town planning structures of cities, bazaars, pottery ornaments
  1963 - He moved with his family to Sydney to supervise the building of the Opera House
  1965 - He was made an honorary member of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and designed the collar for its chairman
  1966 - He received a mention and honour diploma from the Bund Deutscher Architekten
  1966 - Following disagreements with the Australian government, Utzon resigned from the Opera House project and left Australia
  1970 - He was awarded the C. F. Hansen medal for architecture
  1970 - He was made an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects
  1971/75 - He moved to Hawaii to teach at the University of Honolulu
  1973 - He was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects
  1978 - He received the Princess Eugenia of Sweden medal for architecture
  1979 - He was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects
  1981 - He received the Danske Arkitektur Landsforbund award
  1982 - He received the architectural award from the National Danish Association of Architects
  with his sons Jan and Kim he set up "Utzon Associates"
  1985 - He received the Alvar Aalto medal in Helsinki
  1986 - He was made an honorary member of the General Division of the Order of Australia
  1992 - He was awarded the Nykridits award for architecture
  1994 - He was awarded the gold medal of the Académie d'Architecture in Paris
  Works
  
  1942 - Project for housing on the site of an old brewery, Copenhagen, Denmark
  1944 - Project for the Bruun home, Snekkersten (with Berthel Mögelvang)
  1945 - Project for a crematorium in Denmark
  1945 - Project for the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen (for which he won a gold medal)
  1946 - Water tower at Svaneke, Borbholm, Denmark
  1946 - Competition for the Crystal Palace, London (third prize)
  1947 - Project for housing in Morocco
  1948 - Competition for the central station in Oslo, Norway
  1952 - the Utzon home in Hellebaek, Denmark
  1953/55 - Houses with patios, Privatliv, Sweden
  1954 - Housing estate, Elineberg, Sweden
  1955 - Villa Frank, Vedbaek, Danimarca
  1955 - Villa Lillesoe, Furesoen Lake, Denmark
  1956 - Villa Dalsgaard, Holte, Denmark
  1956/66 - Sydney Opera House
  1957/59 - Housing in Kingo, Elsinore, Denmark
  1958 - Competition for a school in Elsinore, Denmark
  1958/59 - Planetstaden housing estate, Lund, Sweden
  1959 - Competition for the Universal Expo in Copenhagen
  1959 - Frederiksberg town planning scheme, Copenhagen
  1959/60 - Melli Bank, Teheran, Iran (with Hans Munk Hansen)
  1960 - Birkehöj housing estate, Denmark
  1960 - Eviria town planning scheme, Malaga, Spain
  1961 - Sailing boat project (prototype built)
  1962 - Competition for the Madrid Opera House
  1963/65 - Project for the Utzon home, Bayview, Sydney
  1963 - Project for the Asger Jorn Art Museum, Silkeborg, Denmark
  1963 - Project for a shopping centre, Sydney
  1963/65 - House at Fredensborg, Denmark
  1964 - Competition for a theatre in Zurich, Switzerland
  1965 - Competition for a theatre in Wolfsburg, Germany
  1967 - Fritz Hansen project for furniture
  1967 - Competition for a university centre, Odense, Denmark
  1968 - Utsep project for furniture
  1969 - "Espansiva" catalogue housing
  1969 - Project for the exhibition hall, Bornholm, Denmark
  1969 - Project for sports facilities, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  1970 - Project for the theatre of the Lebanon
  1970 - Project for the Asger Jorn Art Museum, Silkeborg, Denmark
  1971/73 - The Utzon home (Can Liz), Porto Pedro, Majorca, Spain
  1972/82 - National Assembly of Kuwait (with Jan Utzon)
  1973/76 - Bagsvaerd Church, Copenhagen
  1978 - Project for a holiday village, Vendsyssel, Denmark
  1979 - Project for a medical centre, Vendsyssel, Denmark
  1979 - Project for an indoor swimming pool, Copenhagen
  1985/87 - Paustian furniture showroom, Copenhagen (Utzon Associates)
  1986 - Project for oil tanks at Herning (Utzon Associates)
  1987 - Telephone booths for KTAS
  1988 - Project for the Museum of Modern Art, Fredensborg, Denmark
  1994 - the Utzon home(Can Feliz), Porto Pedro, Majorca, Spain