- Sverre Fehn
Sverre Fehn (born
August 14 1924 ) is a Norwegian architect.Fehn was born in
Kongsberg ,Buskerud . He received hisarchitectural education shortly afterWorld War II inOslo , and quickly became the leading Norwegian architect of his generation.In 1952–1953, during a travel in
Maroc , he discovered primitive architecture, which was to deeply influence his future work. Later he moved toParis , where he worked for two years in the studio ofJean Prouvé , and where he knewLe Corbusier . At his return in Norway, in 1954, he opened a studio of his own.At the age of 34 Fehn gained international recognition for his design of the
Norwegian Pavilion at the 1958Brussels World Exhibition . In the 1960s he produced two works that have remained highlights in his career: theNordic Pavilion at theVenice Biennale (1962) and theHedmark museum inHamar , Norway (1967–1979). Fehn's other notable works include Schreiner House in Oslo (1963) and Busk House atBamble (1990); however, few of his projects were effectively built.He taught in Oslo's School of Architecture from 1971 to 1991.
The architect’s highest international honour came in 1997, when he was awarded both the
Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal.References
*"The Secret of the Shadow: Light and Shadow in Architecture", 2002 with writings by Sverre Fehn
*Sverre Fehn, "The poetry of the straight line =: Den rette linjes poesi", 1992
*Per-Olaf Fjeld, "Sverre Fehn on the Thought of Construction", Rizzoli International, 1983
*Yukio Futagawa, "Sverre Fehn. Glacier Museum. The Aukrust Centre", in "GA Document 56", 1998
*"Sverre Fehn. Studio Holme", in "GA Houses 58", 1998External links
* [http://www.meamnet.polimi.it/archive/096/096.html Biography and works of Sverre Fehn]
* [http://www.pritzkerprize.com/secone97.htm Pritzker Prize media site]
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