Sigurd Lewerentz (1885 - 1975) was one of the major Swedish architects of the twentieth century and was particularly known for his important religious works. This definitive monograph is the only comprehensive survey of his work, celebrating his sensitive and distinctive response to modernism in a detailed survey of both built and planned projects. These span his embrace and rejection of the classical language of architecture and his turn instead towards modernism and a more austere design vocabulary. The book includes his best-known chapels of St Knut and St Gertrud in the Malmo cemetry (begun in 1916), the conversion of the cathedral in Uppsala, on which he worked for nearly ten years (1947 - 55), and the church of St Peter at Klippan (1962 - 6). The first section of the volume includes essays on Lewerentz's work by the late Colin St John Wilson and the editors Nicola Flora, Paolo Giardiello and Gennaro Postiglione, plus a text on cemeteries by Lewerentz that is the only known piece of writing by the architect. The central section contains a catalogue of Lewerentz's works presenting around 150 designs and constructions in chronological order with detailed descriptions, photographs and drawings. An anthology of criticisms includes a text by the renowned architect Alison Smithson. A complete list of works and a bibliography based on research in the archives of Stockholm's Museum of Architecture conclude the volume Sigurd Lewerentz是一名欧洲20世纪现代主义的瑞典建筑师之一,,他主要通过墓园、教堂建筑设计而出名。1905年-1908年,他就读于哥德堡的查尔姆斯理工大学,被训练成为技术工程师。但正是在慕尼黑的一次建筑学徒经历使他走上了职业道路——这条道路“使他成为瑞典最杰出的建筑师之一”。毕业后他前往德国,以匠人学徒的身份开始从事建筑。他前期游学奥地利和意大利,受到了新古典主义的影响。在他逝世之前,一直在从事着家具设计,设计似乎一直流淌在他的生命所有。他的晚期作品没有任何装饰点缀,无框窗开口的未经处理的混凝土和故意暴露在外的设备装置,利用这种方式作为建筑最真实的表现,风格粗犷。1962年,他被授予了瑞典杰出建筑师奖,卡斯帕萨林奖。
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