Jørn Utzon

Utzon's competition scheme was selected in 1957 from an international competition in Australia. The jury included Eero Saarinen, who helped bring attention back to Utzon's striking shell-like proposal.

Utzon resigned in 1966 after conflicts with the New South Wales government over design control, costs, and payment. The building was completed by an Australian team led by Peter Hall and formally opened in 1973.

The engineering firm Ove Arup and Partners worked with Utzon on the difficult structure of the roof shells. The final solution used shell forms derived from a sphere, which helped turn the competition idea into buildable geometry.

Yes. His later works include Bagsvaerd Church in Denmark, completed in 1976, and the Can Lis house on Mallorca. Those projects show the same interest in platforms, light, and organic form that people associate with the Sydney Opera House.