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A forgotten hero

Spare a thought for the real brains behind the Sydney Opera House

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

A spectre haunted the Sydney Opera House’s recent 40th anniversary. It was the disconsolate ghost of that foully treated Danish-bred man. No, not Jørn Utzon, the venerated architect of the world-renowned sculpture on Bennelong Point. The ghost is of the man deliberately air-brushed out of existence as Danish mini-royals joined in the universal tribute to Utzon in commemorating the building’s 1973 official opening, which was delayed by ten controversial years.

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Michael Baume is author of The Sydney Opera House Affair (1967).

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