Thrills, views, and shelter at Majorca: landscape symbols of prospect, refuge and hazard in Utzon's Can Lis house

Title: Thrills, views, and shelter at Majorca: landscape symbols of prospect, refuge and hazard in Utzon's Can Lis house
Creator: Roberts, John
Relation: Utzon: Dwelling, Landscape, Place and Making p. 59-86
Publisher: Aalborg University Press
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2013
Description: Jørn Utzon's Sydney Opera House has been popularly named 'the eighth wonder of the world' (Tremlett 2002). Kenneth Frampton describes it as 'one of the most significant monuments of the twentieth century' (Frampton 2003). Utzon's Can Lis house on Majorca (seep. 63) is described by historian Richard Weston as 'one of the finest houses built in the twentieth century' (Weston 2002). While superlative descriptions of works of architecture can arouse accusations of hagiography, it is also possible to use these claims as a basis for critical inquiry into the high repute of architecture. This paper seeks an explanation for the appeal of Utzon's Can Lis house, especially its one major element, the detached living room pavilion. Its method is to look closely at the house and the living room as seen through Utzon' s own eyes in photographs and drawings, using landscape symbolism as a critical mode of explanation (Roberts 2010).
Subject: Jørn Utzon; Utzon's Can Liz house; architecture
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1336456
Identifier: uon:27619
Identifier: ISBN:9788771121094
Language: eng

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