Editing Jørn Utzon (section)

==Works in Denmark==
[[File:Jørn utzon, bagsværd kirke - bagsvaerd church, copenhagen 1967-1976 (5958688179).jpg|thumb|Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen (1968–1976)]]

While some of Utzon's most notable works are spread around the globe, he was most prolific in his native Denmark, whose landscape inspired him more than any other. [[Bagsværd Church]], just north of Copenhagen, is considered to be a masterpiece of contemporary church architecture, thanks to its bright, naturally illuminated interior and its concrete ceiling straddled with softly-rounded vaulting inspired by clouds.<ref name=DAC>[http://www.dac.dk/visKanonVaerk.asp?artikelID=2520 "Bagsværd Kirke (1976)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313041148/http://www.dac.dk/visKanonVaerk.asp?artikelID=2520 |date=13 March 2012 }}, ''Dansk Arkitektur Center''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 15 September 2011.</ref> Designed in 1968, the church was completed in 1976. In the church there is a grand piano by [[Steingraeber & Söhne|Steingraeber]] designed by Utzon.<ref>[http://www.arkitekturforskning.net/tidsskrift/2005/2005_2/Asgaard%20A.pdf Michael Asgaard Andersen, "Revisiting Utzon's Bagsværd Church"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Nordisk Arkitekturforskning''. 2005: 2, p. 95 et seq.  Retrieved 16 September 2011.</ref> The [[Kingo Houses]] in [[Helsingør]] (1958) consist of 63 L-shaped homes based on the design of traditional Danish farmhouses with central courtyards.<ref>Møller, Henrik Sten and Udsen, Vibe: ''Jørn Utzon Houses'', Living Architecture Publishing, Copenhagen, {{ISBN|87-987597-3-6}}</ref> Built in rows following the undulations of the site, each of the houses not only has a view of its own but enjoys the best possible conditions for sunlight and shelter from the wind. Utzon described the arrangement as "flowers on the branch of a cherry tree, each turning towards the sun."<ref name=pritzker>[http://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2003/_downloads/2003_bio.pdf "Jørn Utzon, 2003 laureate, Biography"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222045219/http://pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2003/_downloads/2003_bio.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2003/_downloads/2003_bio.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |date=22 December 2010 }}, ''PritzkerPrize.com''. Retrieved 17 September 2011.</ref> In general, Utzon's houses display sophisticated and varied relationships to the path of the sun.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Jørn Utzon's sun-responsive houses
| date = 13 September 2014
| publisher = solarhousehistory.com
| url = http://solarhousehistory.com/blog/2014/9/13/jrn-utzons-sun-responsive-houses}}</ref>

A few years later, he went on to design the [[Fredensborg Houses]] (1963) for Danish pensioners who had worked for long periods abroad. Utzon helped select the site, and planned a complex consisting of 47 courtyard homes and 30 terraced houses as well as a central building with a restaurant, meeting rooms and nine guest rooms. His design was inspired by housing in Beijing's [[Forbidden City]]. The homes are located around a square in groups of three, designed to maximize privacy, natural lighting, and views of the surrounding countryside.<ref name=pritzker/><ref>[http://www.danes.dk/index.dsp?area=54 "Utzons Fredensborghuse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115015110/http://www.danes.dk/index.dsp?area=54 |date=15 November 2012 }}, ''Danes Worldwide''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 18 September 2011.</ref> When he was awarded  the [[Pritzker Prize]] in 2003, Utzon was specifically lauded for his working designing housing projects that, the jury said, were "designed with people in mind."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2003|title=Jørn Utzon {{!}} The Pritzker Architecture Prize|website=www.pritzkerprize.com|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>

His [[Paustian House|Paustian Furniture Store]] (1988) on Copenhagen's waterfront stands on a multitude of columns inspired by a beech forest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313025656/http://www.dac.dk/visKanonSide.asp?artikelID=2795 "Kocept: Arcsite Kanon"], ''Dansk Architektur Center''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 18 September 2011.</ref> A temple-like finish is achieved by 11 columns with fan-shaped capitals overlooking the harbour. Similar columns are also present inside the spacious interior, stretching up to the skylight dominating the roof.<ref>Kim Dirkinck-Holmfeld, "Dansk Arkitektur 1960–1995", ''Arkitektens Forlag'', Copenhagen 1995, p. 326. {{ISBN|978-87-7407-112-9}}</ref>

In 2005, in close collaboration with his son [[Kim Utzon]], he helped to plan the [[Utzon Center]] in Aalborg (completed 2008) designed to inspire young students of architecture. Located on the waterfront, its high sculptured roofs rise over an auditorium, a boathall and a library while the lower roofs of its exhibition rooms and workshops surround a central courtyard, sheltered from the wind.<ref>[http://www.utzon-arkitekter.dk/index.php?l=eng&m=3&o=type&s=utzon_center "Utzon Center"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Kim Utzon Arkitekter''. Retrieved 22 September 2011.</ref>

<gallery class="center">
File:Jørn utzon, architects own house, hellebæk, 1950-1952.jpg|Architect's own house, Hellebæk, (1950–1952)
File:Middelboe house, holte, jorn utzon, 1953-1955.jpg|Middelboe house, Holte, (1953–1955)
File:Romerhusene02.jpg|Kingo houses, Helsingør (1956–1960)
File:Fredensborg Houses 17.jpg|Fredensborg Houses (1959–1963)
</gallery>