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==Reconciliation with Utzon==

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[[File:AUS NSW Opera House DSC05119.jpg|thumb|right|The Utzon Room: rebuilt and redecorated to a design by Utzon]]

Beginning in the late 1990s, the [[Sydney Opera House Trust]] began to communicate with Jørn Utzon in an attempt to effect a reconciliation and to secure his involvement in future changes to the building. In 1999, he was appointed by the Trust as a design consultant for future work.<ref>{{cite web | author=Sydney Opera House Media Release | month=August | year=1999 | title=Utzon Appointment: 'Reunites The Man and his Masterpiece' | url=http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sections/media_room/media_releases/press_release.asp?idPressRelease=15&sm=5&ss=19 | accessdate=13 Mar 2007}}</ref> In 2004, the first interior space rebuilt to an Utzon design was opened, and renamed "The Utzon Room" in his honour.<ref>{{cite web | author=Chiefengineer.org | title=The Sydney Opera House | url=http://www.chiefengineer.org/content/content_display.cfm/seqnumber_content/1823.htm | accessdate=13 Mar 2007}}{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> In April 2007, he proposed a major reconstruction of the Opera Theatre, as it was then known.<ref>{{cite news | first=Matthew | last=Benns | title=Utzon wants to tear up floor of the Opera House | date=8 April 2007 | url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/utzon-wants-to-tear-up-floor-of-the-opera-house/2007/04/07/1175366528643.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | accessdate =12 April 2007 }}</ref> Utzon died on 29 November 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikmCHVv0stlSnIJYFrpEDVBq8I3wD94OKMGO0|title=Sydney Opera House designer Joern Utzon dies|date=30 November 2008|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=30 November 2008}}{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref>