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Publications
Curtis, WJ, Modern architecture since 1900, 4 ed, Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1994.
DOCOMOMO International, The Modern Movement and the World Heritage List: advisory report to ICOMOS composed by DOCOMOMO's International Specialist Committee on registers, The Netherlands, 1997.
Drew, P, Sydney Opera House: Jørn Utzon, Architecture in detail series, Phaidon Press, London, 1995.
Faber, T, Sharp, D and Norberg-Schulz, C, "Jørn Utzon: Special Issue", World Architecture, n° 15, 1991.
Frampton, K, Modern architecture: a critical history, 3 ed, (1st edition 1980), Thames and Hudson, London, 1992.
Frampton, K, "Jørn Utzon: transcultural form and the tectonic metaphor" in Studies in tectonic culture: the poetics of construction in nineteenth and twentieth century, Architecture Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1996.
Giedion, S, "Jørn Utzon and the third generation: three works by Jørn Utzon - new chapter of Space time and architecture", Zodiac, n° 14, 36-47, 1965.
Hale, P and Macdonald, S, "The Sydney Opera House, an evolving icon" Journal of Architectural Conservation, vol. 11, n°2, July 2005, 7-21.
Jencks, C, Modern movements in architecture, Penguin, London, 1973.
Jencks, C, The iconic building, the power of enigma, Frances Lincoln, London, 2005.
Joedicke, J, Architecture since 1945: sources and directions, translated by JC Palmes, Pall Mall Press, London, 1969.
Jokilehto, J, "Great sites of modern architecture" World Heritage n° 25, April, 4-21, 2002.
Norberg-Schulz, C, "Jørn Utzon: Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia, 1957-73", Global Architecture, vol. 54, March 1980, 54-58. Edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa, A.D.A. Edita, Tokyo.
Utzon, J, "The Sydney Opera House", Zodiac (Milan), n°14, 36-93, 1965, reprinted in Weston, R 2002, 134-135.
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