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Influence without anxiety: Jørn Utzon, Silkeborg Museum and Le Corbusier

2000; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s1359135500002566

1474-0516

Richard Weston,

Architecture, Modernity, and Design

Although hailed by Sigfried Giedion as the leader of the Third Generation of modern architects, Jørn Utzon has generally been interpreted as a Nordic regionalist, in succession to Asplund and Aalto. Drawing on both familiar and unpublished material, taken from a monograph to be published by Edition Bløndal later this year, the paper explores striking, but previously neglected or ignored parallels between the work of Utzon and Le Corbusier. A comprehensive assessment of Utzon's work is long overdue, and should situate him in the mainstream of international modern architecture.