Sverre Fehn
From Archiplanet
| Sverre Fehn | |
| Born | August 14, 1924; Kongsberg, Norway |
| Died | February 23, 2009; Norway |
| Education | Oslo School of Architecture and Design (1948) |
| Firms | Jean Prouvé, Le Corbusier. |
| Notes | |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Sverre_Fehn.html |
Contents |
[edit] Works
- Norwegian Pavilion (1958), Brussels, Belgium, at Brussels World Exhibition, 1958.
- Nordic Pavilion (1962), Venice, Italy, at Venice Biennale, 1962.
- Schreiner House, Oslo, Norway, 1963.
- Hamar Bispegaard Museum at the larger Hedmark Museum, Hamar, Norway, 1967 to 1979.
- The Natural Lands Trust Headquarters Expansion, Media, Pennsylvania, 2003
- Norwegian Glacier Museum, Fjaerland, Norway, .
- Busk House, Bamble, Norway, 1990.
- Ivar Aasen-tunet, Ørsta/Volda
- Aukrustsenteret, Alvdal
- Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
- Norwegian Architecture Museum, Oslo, Nowrway
- Villa Busk
[edit] Discussion
(b. Kongsberg, Norway 1924)
Sverre Fehn was born in Kongsberg, Norway in 1924. He graduated from the Oslo School of Architecture in 1948 and immediately established a private practice in Oslo. He has been a Professor at the Oslo School of Architecture since 1970.
As a prominent post-war architect, Fehn helped influence the architecture of Norway. Along with several other architects of his generation, he created a new architecture based on the Modern Movement, but expressed with regional forms and materials. This regenerated style helped overcome the pre- and post-war nationalism that had generated a weakened aesthetic. Closely involved with CIAM, Carre Bleu, and Team 10, Fehn is often considered the most gifted practitioner among these groups.
Never dogmatic in his beliefs, Fehn instills a human quality within his buildings that moves beyond the definitive Modern Movement statement. This quality exists in most of his buildings which exhibit great simplicity while also utilizing poetic qualities of light and subtleties of form.
Fehn explored the ideas of Japanese architecture in some deceptively simple timber houses which displayed a great sensitivity to the needs of the client and which all show a freedom from typical house plans. In his more recent works, he has exhibited a bold understanding of form and materials that has allowed him to continue his search for a new architectural language.
"Sverre Fehn (born 1924) received his architectural education shortly after WWII and quickly became the leading Norwegian architect of his generation. He is also Norway’s most widely acclaimed architect abroad.
"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 and the Hedmark Museum in Hamar, Norway." - Norway Post
"Relatively few of Mr. Fehn’s designs were realized, and nearly all his work was done in Scandinavia. When he received the Pritzker Prize he had completed 11 buildings, among them the Storhamar, a converted barn that forms part of the Hedmark Museum (1973) in Hamar, and the Aukrust Museum (1993-96) in Alvdal, devoted to the painter Kjell Aukrust.
"His final years were marked by a burst of activity. He designed the Oslo headquarters of the Gyldendal publishing house, which was completed in 2007, and the Norwegian Museum of Architecture, which opened in March 2008 with a retrospective exhibition of Mr. Fehn’s work." - New York Times
Details
- Recipient, Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1997.
- Recipient, Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal
[edit] Related Content from Wikipedia
Sverre Fehn
Sverre Fehn (August 14, 1924 – February 23, 2009) was 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 travels in Morocco, 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
ar:سفيري فيهن da:Sverre Fehn de:Sverre Fehn et:Sverre Fehn es:Sverre Fehn eu:Sverre Fehn fa:سور فهن fr:Sverre Fehn gl:Sverre Fehn it:Sverre Fehn nl:Sverre Fehn ja:スヴェレ・フェーン no:Sverre Fehn nn:Sverre Fehn pl:Sverre Fehn pt:Sverre Fehn fi:Sverre Fehn sv:Sverre Fehn vi:Sverre Fehn
[edit] References
- Muriel Emmanuel. Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. ISBN 0-312-16635-4. NA 680-C625. p245-246.
- Sverre Fehn Obituary, People and Places, by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 419, 2009.0311, pN2.1.
[edit] External Links
- Sverre Fehn Pritzker Prize — Several pages of good background information, at the Pritzker Prize site.
- Norwegian architect, Sverre Fehn, dies at 84 - Norway.org, 2009.0312.
- Sverre Fehn, 84, Architect of Modern Nordic Forms, Dies - New York Times, 2009.0227]
- Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn has died - Norway Post, 2009.0312
