tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post4185971225835361122..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Jørn Utzon's JourneyLynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-56913152507643648922009-01-06T21:19:00.000-06:002009-01-06T21:19:00.000-06:00He was my professor in Graduate School. I still re...He was my professor in Graduate School. I still recall his first lecture where he talked about the place I lived all my life in a manner that I had never seen before. Needless to say, I kept every sketch he did in our class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-77077730342116881702008-12-01T22:35:00.000-06:002008-12-01T22:35:00.000-06:00This is the first time that I have read anything a...This is the first time that I have read anything about who designed the Sydney Opera House.<BR/><BR/>The first thought that came to my mind was "What else did this guy design? Anything else spectacular?"<BR/><BR/>I am going to read about him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-39900343246200201662008-12-01T07:42:00.000-06:002008-12-01T07:42:00.000-06:00Thanks for the information.I heard Franz Schulze a...Thanks for the information.<BR/><BR/>I heard Franz Schulze and Edward Windhorst talk about the revision at the Arts Club a while back. At that time they were hoping for publication at the end of '07. Looking forward to reading this highly anticipated revision of an indispensable work.Lynn Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-7589815908955272702008-12-01T03:00:00.000-06:002008-12-01T03:00:00.000-06:00ACtually Mies met him the first time Utzon visited...ACtually Mies met him the first time Utzon visited Crown Hall and it was only the second time, after the Utzon won the competition, an entry and result that Mies disliked and disagreed with immensely, that Utzon was told by Mies's secretary that he was too busy to see him.<BR/><BR/>More important than the anecdote is how Mies's world view informed his aesthetic and visual choices. Schulze's new take on this in his upcoming rewrite of the Mies biography will finally address this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-35296492609414763792008-11-29T23:11:00.000-06:002008-11-29T23:11:00.000-06:00Great "backstory" to an icon that many equate with...Great "backstory" to an icon that many equate with "Australian Architecture"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com