Ove Arup, the structural engineer, was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1895 to Scandinavian parents. By 1956 he had a small established practice in Denmark that had designed a number of housing schemes and a water tower. These experiences informed his belief that architecture should take account of form, materials and social context as well as function, and should be allowed to grow naturally. After the war Utzon travelled the world to meet his architectural and design heroes like Frank Lloyd Wright, and see ancient buildings in Morocco, Mexico and later China, Japan and India. He loved sailing and fine art, and qualified as an architect in 1942. Utzon was born in Copenhagen in 1918, the son of a naval architect.
Jorn Utzon, the visionary young architect with no international experience or indeed of building anything bigger than a small housing estate. It is above all about the interplay between three main characters. And the question of who really created what we see today remains fiercely debated almost half a century after it was finished. What really created it – like any building – was people. The Sydney Opera House remains a highly controversial project.
Sydney Opera House bathed in evening sunlight between the columns of the Harbour Bridge
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