Archicool Living Architecture. Holidays in modern architecture. Sydney Opera House - Home To celebrate the creative genius and enduring spirit of Jørn Utzon, a State Memorial was held at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday 25th March 2009 at 11am. View Program. Sydney Opera House has received hundreds of tributes from all over the world. "On behalf of the people of Sydney, New South Wales and Australia, we simply say 'thank you' for visiting your vision and masterpiece to our city. We are forever in your debt." Read more tributes "I think back on my life with my father with great joy and love. JAN UTZON, 2008. "There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. Sydney Opera House was inscribed in the World Heritage List in June 2007: "The expert evaluation report to the World Heritage Committee stated: "it stands by itself as one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity, not only in the 20th century but in the history of humankind."
2013 eVolo Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Skyscraper Competition. The award was established in 2006 to recognize outstanding ideas for vertical living. Since then, the publication has received more than 5,000 projects that envision the future of building high. These ideas, through the novel use of technology, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments. In 2013, the Jury, formed by leaders of the architecture and design fields selected 3 winners and 24 honorable mentions. eVolo Magazine received 625 projects from all continents and 83 different countries. The first place was awarded to Derek Pirozzi from the United States, for his project “Polar Umbrella”. The recipients of the second place are Darius Maïkoff and Elodie Godo from France, for their “Phobia Skyscraper”. eVolo Skyscrapers Collector's Edition Book