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Bagsvaerd Kirke, København

Jorn Utzon's remarkable church in a northern suburb of Copenhagen - images: Danish Architecture: Bagsværd Kirke images © adrian welch 2002 Bagsvaerd Church / Bagsværd Kirke Taxvej 14, Bagsværd, north Copenhagen 1974-76 Jorn Utzon, Architect Bagsvaerd Church Copenhagen Utzon's next major design - after returning to Denmark after Sydney - was the Bagsvaerd Church, Copenhagen. The plain and rectilinear exterior contrasts with the sensuously curving soffits within - the interior creates a welcome surprise. Professor Richard Weston explained in one of his lectures on Utzon that the Client wanted a cost saving so the whole building was shrunk in proportion: in fact the scale of some elements does seem rather reduced, especially the exposed gables at the top seen from the east. This Lutheran church is located in low-density suburbs almost on the north edge of Copenhagen. Danish Architecture: Bagsværd Kirke images © adrian welch Jorn Utzon planned the interior vaults after being inspired by banks of clouds. His sketches evolved from nature images to hanging overhead vaults. Bagsvaerd echoes the expressionism and humanism of Aalto. Danish Architecture: Bagsværd Kirke images © adrian welch Bagsvaerd Church - Opening Times: every day 9am - 4pm Bagsvaerd Church Architect - Jorn Utzon Jorn Utzon: Pritzker Architecture Prize Danish architect Jorn Utzon designer of the Sydney Opera House, Australia, received the 2003 Laureate of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, the Nobel Prize of the architecture world. The Pritzker Prize ceremony took place at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Jorn Utzon is the first Dane to become a Pritzker Laureate. Danish Architecture: Bagsværd Kirke images © adrian welch Copenhagen Opera House DANMARK: København - Dansk Arkitektur Danish Architecture Jorn Utzon: Key Buildings Courtyard-Style Housing, Denmark 1956-58 Sydney Opera House, Australia 1957 - 1973 Bagsvaerd Kirke, Copenhagen 1974-76 Fredensborg Houses, Denmark 1962 Kuwait National Assembly 1982 Two Houses, Majorca Copenhagen Architects Bagsvaerd Kirke : Copenhagen Architecture World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Copenhagen Church Comments / photos for the Bagsvaerd Kirke page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Bagsvaerd Kirke - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Bagsvaerd Church - Website: www.bagsvaerdkirke.dk