Présentation de l'éditeur :"Both books put their projects in context, positioning them in the
wider oeuvre and throwing light on Utzon's design philosophy. They are
easier to chew than the full Weston, even if Utzon's career resists
separation into bit-size pieces. Cumulatively, all these books will
help to build the reputation of an architect who seems to have much to
offer as a correction to our image-driven architechtural culture."
Alan Powers is an architechtural historian. The architects journal. 21 april 2005
This book is a gem in its description of Utzon’s own two houses on
Mallorca - perhaps the finest private houses created in our time.
Review for Norsk Byggekunst, Helge Hjertholm
This book, which has been edited by John Pardey and written mainly in a
most agreeable manner, tells the story of the buildings and Utzon's
architectural intentions so successfully that it could only have been
bettered by a movie or by visiting the site. ... Best of all, it will
fit in beside LE CORBUSIER'S Une Petite Maison.
Review by E.L - ptah, The Alvar Aalto Academy
In 1972, Jørn Utzon found sanctuary by building a
house on the island of Majorca. Perched on a cliff
top looking towards Africa and built of the local
stone, he named it Can Lis, in honour of his wife.
Some twenty years later, Jørn and Lis Utzon moved
inland to a mountainside and there refined the
stone architecture of Can Lis in the making of a
new home, Can Feliz.
With Can Lis, Utzon defined the essence of a modern
Mediterranean architecture. His ability to assimilate
and express a culture through architecture
was already evident in the first house he had built
for himself, in 1952, at Hellebaek in Denmark.
Later, in the Kuwait National Assembly building,
he created a persuasive model for a modern Islamic
architecture, whilst in Sydney he made a building
that has come to stand for a city and a nation.
Can Lis and Can Feliz have been, like their
architect, elusive - reclusive even - yet they
deserve to be included amongst the succession of
houses that, more than any other building type,
defined the course and achievements of twentiethcentury
architecture. Through comprehensively
documenting his houses on Majorca this book
demonstrates how, by tapping into the particularities
of place and culture, Utzon was able to
create a seemingly timeless architecture of
universal interest.
John Pardey
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