Sigurd Lewerentz

by Flora, Nicola

• ISBN13: 9781904313465
• ISBN10: 1904313469
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-15
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

This book is a monographic study of Sigurd Lewerentz, one of the majorrchitects of the Swedish Modern School, who developed a sensitive andistinctive response to the most important architectural movements of theast century. Lewerentz was a master of religious architecture; his mostemarkable designs are the chapels of St Knut and St Gertrud in the Malmoemetery (begun in 1916), the conservation of the cathedral of Uppsala, onhich he worked for nearly ten years (1947-55), and the church of St Peter atlippan (1962-6). The first section of the volume includes a critical essayy Colin St John Wilson and a previously unpublished essay on the work of thewedish master by Nicola Flora, Paolo Giardiello and Gennaro Postiglione. Theentral section contains a catalogue of Lewerentz's works: about 150 designsnd constructions, in chronological order, are presented through detailedescriptions and illustrated by both photographs and drawings. A completeist of works and a bibliography based on research in the archives oftockholm's Museum of Architecture conclude the volume.;This study of