Hasta La Ideas

As you likely recall, architecture legend Jorn Utzon, who famously designed the iconic Sydney Opera House but never saw it completed, passed away last year at the end of November. Yesterday marked the first big public acknowledgment of Utzon in Sydney at a memorial service held for the architect. Memories were shared of working with him, “New Zealand’s Paul McCartney” Neil Finn came in to perform a few songs, as did the pianist Paul Lewis and many members of the Australian Opera and Sydney Symphony. But perhaps the most touching moment was this:

Lorna Morrison, from Kirrawee, was among hundreds who had posted tributes on the Opera House website and was chosen to speak as a representative of the public.

She told how her mother, Enid, had worked in the London office of the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners in the 1960s, using an early computer to calculate how many tiles were needed for those famous sails.

Keen to see the building in which she had played a part, Enid Morrison came to Australia for a holiday in 1970 and never left. She died last year, a month before the architect, and her daughter gave thanks to Utzon’s building as without it, she would not be here.

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