What else did Jørn Utzon design? From inspiring personal projects to an unbuilt glass pagoda to houses reminiscent of Ancient Rome ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Like many young architects, Jørn Utzon threw all his creative wherewithal at the first house he designed for his family.
Initially named after the Kingo Building Society which administered them, they became known as Romerhusene, or the Roman houses, because their almost unbroken buff-coloured brick perimeter walls and distinctive chimneys were reminiscent of the atrium houses of ancient Rome.
The church board and preachers gave him the freedom to design everything, using mostly local materials: four different kinds of concrete, some with marble added and smoothed, standard blocks bare or painted, oiled Swedish pine for the pews. When the cost estimate came in over budget, Utzon shrunk the plans by 10 per cent, a volumetric change that was barely noticeable once his assistant Oktay Nayman adjusted door heights and the like.
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