Title & Author:

Sigurd Lewerentz : architect of death and life / Kieran Long, Johan Örn, Mikael Andersson ; translation: Anna paterson ; editors: Kieran Long and Johan Örn.

Edition:

1. Auflage.

Publication:

Stockholm : ArkDes ; Zurich : Park Books, 2021.

Description:

712 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 705-707) and index.
Sigurd Lewerentz : the hardest of hard cases / Kieran Long -- Sigurd Lewerentz : the state of architecture / Johan Örn -- Sandö -- Berlin -- Stockholm : the architect's path -- Kungsgatan : metropolitan modernist -- Eskilstuna : architect and manufacturer -- Skanör : the church architect -- Lund : a living legend -- Photographs -- The archive -- Notes on the archive / Mikael Andersson.

Exhibitions:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the ArkDes, Stockholm, October 1, 2021 to August 28, 2022.

Summary:

Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) is one of the most highly revered--and also one of the most heavily mythologized--protagonists of modern European architecture. Arguably Sweden's most distinguished modernist, he is more influential to other architects internationally today than he was during his lifetime. Countless architecture lovers from around the world visit his still existent buildings. Stockholm's woodland cemetery Skogskyrkogården, his most significant contribution to landscape design, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. This authoritative new monograph on Sigurd Lewerentz is based on extensive research undertaken at ArkDes, Sweden's national center for architecture and design, where his archive and personal library are kept. It features a wealth of drawings and sketches, designs for furniture and interiors, model photographs, etc. from his estate, most of which are published here for the first time, as well as new photographs of his realized buildings. Essays by leading experts explore Lewerentz's life and work, his legacy, and lasting significance from a contemporary perspective. This vast, beautifully designed book offers the most comprehensive survey to date of all of Lewerentz's achievements in all fields of his manifold work. The book will be accompanying the grand exhibition Sigurd Lewerentz. Architect of Death and Life at ArkDes, Sweden's national centre for architecture and design, opening in October 2021.

ISBN:

9783038602323 English edition hardbound
3038602329
9789187447174 Swedish edition
9187447177

Subject:

Lewerentz, Sigurd, 1885-1975 Exhibitions.
Lewerentz, Sigurd, 1885-1975.
Architecture Sweden 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture Suède 20e siècle Expositions.
ARCHITECTURE General.
Exhibition catalogs.
Architecture
Sweden

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Lewerentz, Sigurd, 1885-1975. Works. Selections.
Long, Kieran, author, editor.
Örn, Johan, 1974- author.
Andersson, Mikael, 1961- editor.
Paterson, Anna (Anna Tora), 1942- translator.
Arkitektur- och designcentrum, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309898
Call No.: BIB 255040
Status: Available