Sverre Fehn

Sverre Fehn was born in Kongsberg, Norway, on August 14 1924. He received his architectural education shortly after World War II in Oslo, and quickly became the leading Norwegian architect of his generation.

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.

The architect’s highest international honour came in 1997, when he was awarded both the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal.

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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