<Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Pritzker Prize </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Buildings </Th> <Td> Sydney Opera House, Bagsværd Church, Kuwait National Assembly Building </Td> </Tr> <P> Jørn Oberg Utzon, AC, Hon . FAIA (Danish: (jɶɐ̯n ˈudsʌn); 9 April 1918--29 November 2008) was a Danish architect, most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia . When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime, after Oscar Niemeyer . Other noteworthy works include Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen and the National Assembly Building in Kuwait . He also made important contributions to housing design, especially with his Kingo Houses near Helsingør . </P> <P> Utzon was born in Copenhagen, the son of a naval architect, and grew up in Aalborg, Denmark, where he became interested in ships and a possible naval career . As a result of his family's interest in art, from 1937 he attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under Kay Fisker and Steen Eiler Rasmussen . Following his graduation in 1942, he joined Gunnar Asplund in Stockholm where he worked together with Arne Jacobsen and Poul Henningsen . He took a particular interest in the works of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright . After the end of World War II and the German Occupation of Denmark, he returned to Copenhagen . </P>

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