The nature of things

摘要

Following last summer's hugely popular Arne Jacobsen show, the Louisiana Museum is staging a similarly comprehensive retrospective of the work of Jorn Utzon. Organised thematically rather than chronologically, it ranges across several galleries and, unlike its predecessor, manages that rare trick of itself feeling thoroughly architectural. The show begins where Utzon's career effectively ends, with Can Feliz, the second of his houses on Majorca. Between this and a beautifully staged room devoted to the earlier Can Lis, visitors are greeted with a quote that I had not come across before: 'As an architect I believe it is very important to fall in love with the nature of things instead of fighting for form and style.'