Late reference to Le Corbusier in Sydney
The Sydney Opera House is decorating its western foyer with the tapestry Les Dés Sont Jetés by the Neuchâtel architect Le Corbusier. This follows an original idea by the opera house creator Jørn Utzon.
The opera house was able to purchase the carpet at an auction in 2015 thanks to a donation from Australian philanthropist and designer Peter Weiss. Utzon's original plans for the interior design of the opera house were changed when the Danish architect was ousted in 1966 during the construction of the building due to cost overruns.
The Le Corbusier carpet subsequently found a place in the dining room of Utzon's house in Hellebæk, Denmark, and later in his son Jan Utzon's studio. In recent years, the Sydney Opera House has endeavored to reconstruct some of Utzorn's original plans - with his help until his death in 2008.
