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PRESENTED BY:-

RITHIKA RAJ 17BAR1017


SUPRIYA BHATT 17BAR1033
GAMANPREET KAUR 17BAR1048
RAVI RAUNAK PATHAK 17BAR1062
HARSHIT NANDA 17BAR1064
SHUBHAM KUMAR 17BAR1065
BORN :- 9 APRIL 1918
DIED :- 29 NOVEMBER 2008
NATIONALITY :- DANISH
CITY :- COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

AWARDED BY PRITZKER PRIZE IN 2003.


SVANEKEWATER TOWER (1951)
Water tower in Svaneke, Bornholm, Denmark, 1952
Architect's own house, Hellebaek, Denmark, 1952
House in Holte, Denmark, 1953
Kingo Houses, Helsingør, Denmark 1956–59
Elineberg Housing, Helsingborg, Sweden, 1966
Planetstaden housing project in Lund, Sweden, 1957–58
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia, 1973
Fredensborg Houses, courtyard housing in Fredensborg, Den
Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney Australia

Opera House represents Australia

One of the most famous place for performing arts in


the world

Over 3000 events each year take place


It took 17 years to complete the actual building

The Sydney Opera House was included in


the national heritage list in 2005

It cost $102 million to build the Sydney Opera House

DESIGNED BY NON AUSTRALIAN


Its 185 M long and 120 M wide and Its height is 65 m

Some of the roof sections weight upto 15 tons

Has over 1million tiles on the roof


The concert with 2679 seats Theatres
Opera theatres with 1547 seats
Drama created with 544 seats

Play house with 398 seats


Studio theatres with 364 seats
The building is made up by two very distinctive elements;
solid base and a series of light, organically shaped roofs.

The other part of the building, the roof


are made by a series of triangular shel
supported on their corners and facing
upwards as if challenging the laws of
physics
SECTION
The structure of the building is made from reinforced
concrete and the facades from polarized glass with steel
frames.

The shells are covered by white and cream mate tiles


made in Sweden, although from a distance they all look
white to the eye.

In the interiors the predominant materials are pink


The building is 183 meters long and 120 meters wide

The roof is made up by 2194 prefabricated concrete piece

Some of those pieces weight up to 15 tones.

Keeping those pieces together are 350 kilometers of


Over one million tiles were needed to cover the roof shells.

The All the glass walls together have an area of 6225 m2

Inside the building 645 kilometers of electrical wire were use


According to Kenneth Frampton, Utzon's architectural
influence is manifest on three levels:

 The emphasis given to the roof element


 The importance given to the grounding of the building
 The commitment to "the cultural validity of organic
growth".
It is situated in the small town of Svaneke on
the Danish island of Bornholm

It was completed in 1952.

It was the first successful project of the architect


The pyramidal water tank is
supported by three slender ferro-
concrete legs which meet at the top
of the tower.

The centrally placed steps, also m


of concrete, wind up elegantly fro
the ground
Surprisingly shaped water tower was inspired by the old s
marks used for assisting the navigation of ships at sea.

The marks were used in the we


of Jutland and in the Swedish
archipelago
STEPS OF CONCRETE

THREE SLENDER FERRO-CONCRETE LEGS


Utzon's House in Hellebæk is a one-storey private home
in Hellebæk

Built for his family and himself in 1952,

Utzon himself directed the building work without any


technical plans
A long, narrow, one story building
with a flat-roof, it rises slightly above
the gently sloping site on a brick
platform

The southern facade consists solely of


windows, allowing lots of light into
the open-plan living room
1. STUDIO .2.LIVING ROOM,6.LOBBY,7
.BEDROOM,8.BATHROOM,9.TERRACE,10.GARAGE,
11.CENTRAL HEATING
ALUMINUM

YELLOW-WHITE BRICK ALUMINUM


OREGON PINE

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