Paul Hedqvist
Paul Hedqvist (born July 21, 1895 in Stockholm as Paul Gunnar Hedqvist ; † June 23, 1977 ibid) was a Swedish architect who mainly worked in the modern style .
Career
Paul Hedqvist practiced with the renowned architect Ragnar Östberg after completing his studies at the Technical University in Stockholm . In 1924 it started its own office, together with his partner David Dahl (1895–1973). Hedqvist soon became interested in the ideas of functionalism in Germany with Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus School at the helm. One of his first works in this style was the Katarina Realskola in Stockholm (1928) and the indoor swimming pool in Eskilstuna . Hedqvist's predilection for the square proportions of the window and facade design was typical . At the Stockholm exhibition in 1930 he was represented together with u. a. Sigurd Lewerentz and Gunnar Asplund , who had been the main architects of the exhibition. 1938-48 he was a professor at the Kungliga Konsthögskolan (Royal Academy of Art) in Stockholm.
Paul Hedqvist was a very versatile architect. He designed apartments (the row house settlement Ålstensgatan in Bromma , 1932), facilities (station building and the flight control tower for Stockholm / Bromma airport , 1936), schools (Polhemsgymnasiet, 1938), office buildings (skyscraper for the tax authorities in Stockholm 1955, skyscraper for Dagens Nyheter , 1960) and bridges ( Västerbron 1935 and Tranebergsbron 1935).
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Skattehuset
S: t Eriks high school
Literature and source
- Stockholms Byggnader, Bokförlaget Prisma Stockholm, 1977
- Svensk Arkitektur, Byggförlaget, 1986
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data of Paul Hedqvist in: Diccionario Akal de la Arquitectura del siglo XX , by Jean-Paul Midant, Ediciones AKAL, 2004, page 391
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hedqvist, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hedqvist, Paul Gunnar (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1977 |
| Place of death | Stockholm , Sweden |