the opera house architect dies

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COPENHAGEN, WEEK-Danish architect who designed the original icon of Australia, the Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon, dies at the age of 90 years after the heart attack Saturday (29/11).

"Mr. Utzon put Denmark on a world map with the talent's in it," said the Danish Minister of Culture, Carina Christensen This such as the BBC.

Utzon won the tender to design the Sydney Opera House in 1957 but he left the project before it opened in 1973. Utzon has never visited the building complete the Opera House after a quarrel with the Australian government concerning the cost of development projects.

Several decades later he rejected an invitation to visit Australia. However, Utzon and the Son agree to design a new wing and the Opera House was opened in 2006. In 1998, Utzon to the Office of News Associated Press said: "That's part of learning, I will not grieve about something in this life."

Most of the interior of the Opera House is not in accordance with the plan after the architect who was appointed Australia's government take over the work.

Sydney Opera House plan to extinguish the lamp-light in the roof of the building, Sunday (30/11), to respect wafatnya Utzon. Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust, Kim Williams said Utzon is an architect and the creative wizard. The man who gave Australia and the world a remarkable gift. "Sydney Opera House is a symbol of cultural identity and national source of pride for all the people of Australia. It is a famous symbol of our country," said Williams.

Utzon is also designing the building of Kuwait National Council and a number of famous buildings in Denmark. He won numerous awards, including the Alvar Aalto Medal and the French Legion of Honour. In 2003, he obtained the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize for the plan, the Sydney Opera House.