Sverre Fehn

Sverre Fehn (* 14. August 1924 in Kongsberg , † 23. February 2009 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian architect of modern and Pritzker Prize winner .

Pavilion, Biennale

Storhamar barn courtyard

Bøler Library

Life

The Glacier Museum in Fjærland, Norway by Sverre Fehn

Fehn completed his architecture studies in Oslo in 1949 and opened his own office. Between 1952 and 1953 he traveled to Morocco and from 1953 to 1954 he worked for Jean Prouvé in Paris . At the age of 34, Fehn gained international attention with his design for the Norwegian pavilion at the 1958 World Exhibition in Brussels .

Architectural language

Sverre Fehn's architecture calls for the basic forms and the simplest principles. In the 1960s, his designs were characterized by clear, orthogonal and compact floor plans. Later his buildings became more frank, but there was a break in his career with the harsh criticism of the postmodernists.

buildings

Villa Holme

Aukrust Museum in Alvdal, 1992–1996

museum

Teglsteinshuset

Villa Norrkoping

• 1958: Norwegian Pavilion , World Exhibition, Brussels
• 1958–1962: Nordic Pavilion Biennale, Venice
• 1967–1979: Hamar Bispegard Museum, Hamar
• 1987: Tegelsteinhuset, Bærum
• 1992: Norwegian Glacier Museum , Fjærland
• 1992–1996: Aukrust Museum, Alvdal

Honourings and prices

His buildings have been awarded the Norwegian architecture prize Betongtavlen several times and he has been awarded honorary membership in the Association of German Architects BDA .

• 1997: Pritzker Prize
• 1997: Heinrich Tessenow Medal

literature

• Adolph Stiller (ed.): Sverre Fehn, architect. Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg 2001, ISBN 3702504338 (catalog for the exhibition in the exhibition center of Wiener Städtische Allgemeine Versicherung AG in Vienna from May 30 to June 29, 2001).

Web links

Commons : Sverre Fehn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sverre Fehn. In: arch INFORM .
• Sverre Fehn Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
• "An Architect From Norway Receives the Pritzker Prize" , New York Times , April 14, 1997 by Herbert Muschamp
• "Sverre Fehn, 84, Architect of Modern Nordic Forms, Dies," New York Times, February 27, 2009