Sverre Fehn

Sverre Fehn The Pattern of Thoughts

1st Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

As recipient of the 1997 Pritzker Architecture Prize-the profession's highest honor-Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn has had an impact not only in his home country but around the globe. His projects, often described as being instilled with a human quality, include the Norwegian Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition and the Nordic Pavilion at the 1962 Venice Biennale, the Hamar Bispegaard Museum in Hamar, the Glacier Museum in Fjaerland Fjord, and the Aukrust Museum in Alvdal. Fehn has been strongly influenced by Scandinavia's breathtaking landscape and light conditions. His design sensibility is characterized by a great respect for material and construction. As a professor of long standing at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, he has distilled his complex creative process, passing his thoughts and philosophies to new generations of architects. This study of Fehn's work provides an intimate glimpse into the world of this great postwar modernist. Author Per Olaf Fjeld presents both biography and perceptive critique as he covers all of Fehn's major projects, built and unbuilt, from world-renowned museums to lesser-known houses. Never-before-published comments by Fehn from lectures, interviews, and conversations with students as well as dynamic sketches are featured, opening a window into the mind of this poetic and personal architect.

Book information

ISBN: 9781580932172
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Imprint: The Monacelli Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 520.92
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 303
Weight: 1670g
Height: 281mm
Width: 219mm
Spine width: 32mm