The Design They Threw Away
In 1956, a relatively unknown Danish architect named Jørn Utzon submitted his design for a new opera house in Sydney, Australia. The panel of judges...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29.
In 1956, a relatively unknown Danish architect named Jørn Utzon submitted his design for a new opera house in Sydney, Australia. The panel of judges reviewed 233 entries from around the world. Utzon's sketches were rough, almost incomplete — simple drawings of sail-shaped shells rising from a harbor peninsula. The judges set it aside in the rejection pile. Then Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen arrived late to the judging.…
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