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Jørn utzon
Jørn utzon was born on april 9 1918 in Copenhagen,
denmark. He grew up in the town of aalborg, where his
father was a naval architect and engineer and director of
the local shipyard. a keen sailor, utzon originally intended
to follow his father as a naval engineer, but opted to study
architecture at the Copenhagen royal academy of arts.
[ I like to be on the edge
of the possible. ]
Jørn utzon
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