Jørn Utzon

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Danish architect architect human

Jørn Utzon was a Danish architect best known for designing the iconic, sculptural Sydney Opera House, a landmark of 20th-century architecture.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Danish architect → architect → human →
awardReceived	Alvar Aalto Medal → Companion of the Order of Australia → Order of the Elephant → Pritzker Architecture Prize → RIBA Royal Gold Medal → Royal Gold Medal → Sonning Prize →
birthName	Jørn Oberg Utzon →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	Denmark →
dateOfBirth	1918-04-09 →
dateOfDeath	2008-11-29 →
designed	Bagsværd Church → Can Feliz → Can Lis → Fredensborg Houses → Kingo Houses → Kuwait National Assembly Building → Melli Bank, Tehran → Sydney Opera House → Sydney Opera House podium (original scheme) →
educatedAt	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture →
fieldOfWork	architecture →
gender	male →
hasChild	Jan Utzon → Kim Utzon → Lin Utzon →
influencedBy	Alvar Aalto → Chinese architecture → Gunnar Asplund → Islamic architecture → Japanese architecture → Le Corbusier → Mayan architecture →
languageOfWorkOrName	Danish →
movement	Modern architecture → Organic architecture →
name	Jørn Utzon →
nationality	Danish →
notableFor	design of Sydney Opera House →
notableWork	Bagsværd Church → Can Feliz → Can Lis → Kuwait National Assembly Building → Sydney Opera House →
occupation	architect →
placeOfBirth	Copenhagen →
placeOfDeath	Copenhagen →
residence	Hellebæk → Mallorca → Sydney →
spouse	Lis Fenger →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Drama Theatre → Sydney Opera House →	architect
National Assembly (Kuwait) → National Assembly of Kuwait →	buildingArchitect
Utzon Room →	associatedWith
Jørn Utzon ("Jørn Oberg Utzon") →	birthName
Utzon Room →	honours
Jørn Utzon →	name
Utzon Room →	namedAfter