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Utzon House in Majorca
Can Feliz

1994

by Jørn Utzon,
2003 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate

Utzon House in Majorca
Photos by Bent Ryberg/Planet Foto

Utzon House in Majorca

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Jørn Utzon lives in retirement with his wife Lis on the island of Majorca. Their first home there was built in the early 1970s. Almost twenty years later, the Utzons decided to build another house on Majorca, nestled on the side of a mountain. The decision to build there was prompted by several reasons: the glare from the sea became very tiring for eyes weakened by a lifetime of close work with drawings; the pounding surf became more of a disturbance than a comfort; and there were more and more intrusions by architecture buffs seeking to wander the site.

Can Feliz, as the new home is named, harks back to Utzon’s love of the platform concept. The house has been described as a miniature acropolis.

~Commentary by the Pritzker Prize Committee

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