Sverre Fehn was a Norwegian architect. He was born in Fuskerud, Norway in 1924. He died in Oslo in 2009. He studied at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Fehn is considered one of Norway’s most gifted architects; he was a modernist. He was the recipient of the Pritzker prize in 1997.
Of his work Fehn has said: “When I build on a site in nature that is totally unspoiled, it is a fight, an attack by our culture on nature. In this confrontation, I strive to make a building that will make people more aware of the beauty of the setting, and when looking at the building in the setting, a hope for a new consciousness to see the beauty there, as well.”
“The architecture of Norwegian Sverre Fehn is a fascinating and exciting combination of modern forms tempered by the Scandinavian tradition and culture from which it springs. He gives great primacy in his designs to the relationship between the built and the natural environment.” Pritzker Jury
Norwegian Pavillion
Brussels Worlds Fair
1958, Belgium
Nordic Pavillion
Venice Biennale
1962, Italy
Villa Schreiner
1963, Oslo
Villa Norrkoping
1964, Sweden
Casa Bodker House
1967, Oslo
Hedmark Museum
1979, Namar, Norway
Villa Busk
1990, Bamble
Aukrust Centre
1996, Alvdal
Ivar Aasen
2000, Tunet, Oslo
Norwegian Glacier Museum
2002, Fjaerland
Gyldendal House
2007, Oslo
National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design
2008
