which danish architect designed the sydney opera house

The selectors said the Opera House was one of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century saying that Utzon's design 'proves that the marvellous and seemingly impossible in architecture can be achieved'. Mr Utzon was awarded the Pritzker prize for architecture in 2003. Relations between New South Wales and Utzon improved in the late 1990s and in 1999 the Sydney Opera House Trust asked for Mr Utzon to advise on changing the building's interior to match his original design. Utzon never returned to Australia to see his building completed.

Mr Utzon left Australia and returned to Denmark in 1966 due to disputes with the NSW government over cost blowouts and design differences. The first design for the Sydney Opera House was created by Utzon in 1957. He had been undergoing a series of operations recently,' Mr Utzon's son, Kim, told the Associated Press. 'He had not been doing well these past few days, since Thursday. Mr Utzon died from a heart attack in his sleep at his home in Copenhagen. Jørn Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House, has died at the age of 90.

Which danish architect designed the sydney opera house