Essays on Jorn Utzon

Sydney Opera House is an art center in Sydney city, Australia, located on Port Jackson, New South Wales. Danish architect Jorn Utzon made a design in 1957 – 1973. In 2003, for the project of Sydney’s Opera House, Jorn Utzon got the highest international architecture's honor – Pritzker Prize. In 1956 the government of New South Wales announced an open international design competition. For this competition a special independent jury was called. Broad specifications were provided by a competition brief, a cost limit and design parameters were not specified because the main purpose was to attract the most talented designers.  ...

Trans-World Flight Center, John F. Kennedy Airport (1956-1962)

Opened in 1962, the Trans World Flight Center of the John F. Kennedy Airport is one of the finest structures belonging to the Organic Modern Period that emerged in the mid-20th century.1 What makes this style truly remarkable was the fact that it is based on neo-futuristic designs as well as embodying strict adherence to geometrical proportions, the creation of functional space for the passengers, aircraft, employees, and maintaining harmonious interaction of the structure in its environment.2 The structure was designed by Eero Saarinen, a notable architect and one of the prolific figures that proposed designing the concept of ...

The Australian Opera House

The role of the Australian Opera house in art is what I find attracting. I have also come across the history of Australian Opera for many years and this is the reason I decided to study about the house in depth. In 1954, the Premier of New South Wales Joseph Cahill, the General Manager of Australian Broadcasting Commission, which constituted of Charles Moses and the top director of Sydney Symphony Orchestra. They all agreed through a meeting to construct an exceptional global opera house structure in Sydney, the capital of the New South Wales County in Australia. The construction ...