Sigurd Lewerentz Exhibition ArkDes Stockholm, Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design, Building Center
Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect Of Death And Life – Arkdes
3 Nov 2020
Sweden?s Most Revered Architect Subject Of Major Exhibition Opening in Stockholm In April 2021
Location: ArkDes Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
? Designed By Caruso St John
? Accompanying Monograph Published Spring 2021
Sigurd Lewerentz Architect:

photo : M Nilsson
Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect Of Death And Life
3 November 2020 – Sweden?s most revered architect Sigurd Lewerentz, regarded as a giant of 20th century architecture, is the subject of a major exhibition, Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life designed by Caruso St John, opening at ArkDes, Sweden?s national centre for architecture and design in Stockholm, in April 2021. This will be a significant moment of assessment, the first major monograph exhibition of the work of Lewerentz since the 1980s coinciding with the publication of the first comprehensive biography.
Lewerentz, who was born in Bjärtrå in northern Sweden in 1885 and died in Lund 1975, is an enigmatic figure in the modern history of architecture. He rarely spoke publicly or published, but his influence is acknowledged by a generation of the world?s leading architects.
Colin St. John Wilson, paraphrasing E.M. Forster?s impression of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy, said it was ?as if he stood at a slight angle to the world.?
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