Sverre Fehn (1924-2009)

Biography •  1924 - Born on 14th August 1924. •  1948 - Graduated from Oslo School of Architecture. •  1949 - During this time Fehn travelled to Morocco where he discovered the Primitive style of

Architecture that influenced his later works. He joined PAGON (Progressive Architects Group of Oslo, Norway)

•  1952 - He got married to Ingrid Loberg Pettersen and remained married until her death in 2005 He gained a scholarship to study with the French architect Jean Prouvé, where he learnt 1953 skills on lightweight construction.

•  1954 - Set up his own studio after returning back to Oslo. •  1958 - Received international for his Norwegian Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Brussels,

Belgium •  1962 - Completed the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale •  1971 - Became a professor in Architecture at the Oslo school of Architecture which he had

previously been a student of. •  1979 - The Hedmark museum was completed (Bispegaard Museum) •  1991 - The Glacier museum was completed •  1995 - He left the school of architecture in Oslo because of practice work •  1996 - The Aukrust Centre was Completed •  1997 - Received ‘ The Pritzker Prize’ and the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal •  2002 - Completed an addition to his earlier glacier museum •  2007 - The Publishing office of Gyldendal Headquarters, Oslo was completed •  2008 - He completed the Norwegian museum of Architecture •  2009 - 24th February 2009 he Died in Oslo

Nordic Pavilion, Biennale in Venice (1958-62)

Villa Schreiner, Oslo (1959-63)

Hedmark Museum, Hamar (1967-79)

Norwegian Glacier Museum, Fjaerland (1989-91)

Aukrust Center, Alvdal (1993-96)

Gyldendal Headquarters, Oslo (1995-2007)

The National Museum of Architecture, Oslo (1997-2008)

Books Written By Sverre Fehn •  The Poetry of the straight line

by Sverre Fehn (January 1992)

•  The Skin, the Cut and the Bandage by Sverre Fehn & Michael Hopkins (January 1997)

•  The Secret of the Shadow: Light and Shadow in Architecture by Tadao Ando, Sverre Fehn & Gerhard Wolf (September 2002)

Written About Sverre Fehn •  Sverre Fehn: The thought of construction

by Per Olaf Fjeld (December 1983)

•  Sverre Fehn – Works, Projects, Writings 1949-96 by Christian Norberg-Schulz & Gennaro Postiglione (March 1998)

•  Sverre Fehn: The Pattern of thought by Per Olaf Fjeld (May 2009)

Awards •  1973 - Norwegian Wood Award •  1982 - Prince Eugen Medal for Outstanding Artistic

Achievement from the King of Sweden •  1993 - Le Grande Medaille d’Or d’Architecture Academie

d’Architecture, Paris •  1994 - Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav •  1997 - Pritzker Architecture Prize

Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal •  1998 - Arts Council Norway, Honorary Prize •  2001 - The first to be awarded the Grosch Medal •  2003 - The Anders Jahre Culture Prize

•  Honorary Fellow, the Royal Academies in Copenhagen and Stockholm •  Honorary Fellow of the Architects Associations of Norway, Finland, Scotland, Britain and America