Sverre Fehn
Photo by Frode Inge Helland.
Sverre Fehn (August 14, 1924 – February 23, 2009) is a Norwegian architect.
Fehn was born in Kongsberg, Buskerud. He received his architectural education shortly after World War II in Oslo, 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 to Paris, where he worked for two years in the studio of Jean Prouvé, and where he knew Le 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 1958 Brussels World Exhibition. In the 1960s he produced two works that have remained highlights in his career: the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1962) and the Hedmark museum in Hamar, Norway (1967–1979). Fehn's other notable works include Schreiner House in Oslo (1963) and Busk House at Bamble (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", 1998
External links
Template:Pritzker Prize Winners 1979-2000
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