UTZON Lecture Collective

Discover a rich library of UNSW UTZON lectures featuring more than 50 global leaders in the field of the built environment. This decade long series was launched by the family of Danish architect, and designer of the Sydney Opera House Jorn Utzon AC.

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Recent UTZON lecture

2023 UTZON Lecture | Phil Bernstein

Entitled 'Mind the Gap' this lecture explores the fraught relationship between designers and building in the Digital Age and set out strategies for new value propositions of design and construction practice in our era of digital automation.

A preview of the collective library

Baye Adofo-Wilson

Lawyer, Real Estate Developer, USA

2021
Redeveloping Black Communities | Learnings from American Urban Planning 

Alison Killing

Pulitzer Prize-winning Architect, Killing Architects

2022
Investigating Xinjiang's network of detention camps

Francine Houben

Founding Partner, Mecanoo Architects, Delft, The Netherlands

2019
People, Place, Purpose, Poetry

Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg

Founding Principals, Koning Eizenberg, USA

2019
Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal

Dame Jo da Silva OBE

Global Director of International Development, Arup Group, United Kingdom

2018
Reducing Risk, Building Resilience

Jan Utzon

Utzon Architects, Denmark

2010
Sydney Opera House: The Past, Present and Future

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For information about upcoming UTZON lectures and to stay connected to UNSW Built Environment, please contact us at ada.events@unsw.edu.au

The extensive collective library


What is the UTZON Lecture Collective?