JOY

The first monograph by Kim Utzon, the son of Pritzker Prize-winning Danish architect Jørn Utzon

The white worlds Kim Utzon has created in Denmark and southern Sweden over the last few decades are stage sets for the ordered appearance of rational and reasonable human beings at work, at home, or at play. Clear in their composition, sequence, and scale, sensuous in their responseto light, and conducive to rest and reason more than anything else, theare a refinement of the Scandinavian Modern tradition in which he works. Combining sparse and light-filled rooms surrounded or defined by open grids with expressive roofs or objects, Utzon’s work is able to make sense out of complex programs and create relaxed and continuous spaces. Features a selection of twenty-five built and unbuilt institutional, commercial and residential projects developed throughout a thirty-five year practice, and provides a creative, spiritual and artistic overview of Kim Utzon’s architectural journey, developed in partnership with longtime collaborator Torben Eskerod, an award-winning Danish photographer. Includes a foreword by the internationally renowned curator, critic and photography historian Gabriel Bauret.