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Can Lis

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Jørn Utzon
 
location Portopetro
function private house
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Looking in Portopetro on the island of Mallorca for an ideal refuge during his holidays, Utzon built Can Lis in 1972, set among myrtle and pine trees, with an extraordinary view to the sea. Integrating with the colours in the landscape, the main building material is a hard local limestone, called marés stone, which varies from gold to pink in colour. The original concept for the house was the same as for the one that Utzon had intended to build in Sydney; a sequence of pavilions linked by a wall, and arranged so as to respond to the various functions within the dwelling. In 1994, Utzon felt obliged to move from his house, which had turned into a place of pilgrimage for architects. He built another house, Can Feliz, also in Mallorca, but this time its location is kept a total secret (text from website Stories of Houses).

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Can Lis
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Carrer de Sa Mitja Lluna 77
07691 Portopetro
Spain
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Completion 1972
ArchitectJørn Utzon
 
Project ID 4904
Latitude/Longitude 39°21'10N 03°12'24E
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