Sigurd Lewerentz

The entire Sigurd Lewerentz, his built and unrealized building designs, retail spaces, churches, cemeteries and landscape designs, exhibition architecture graphic and product design, furniture and interiors

Sigurd Lewerentz (18851975) is one of the most highly reveredand also one of the most heavily mythologizedprotagonists of modern European architecture. Arguably Sweden's most distinguished modernist, he is more influential to other architects internationally today than he was during his lifetime. Countless architecture lovers from around the world visit his still existent buildings. Stockholm's woodland cemetery Skogskyrkogården, his most significant contribution to landscape design, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

This authoritative new monograph on Sigurd Lewerentz is based on extensive research undertaken at ArkDes, Sweden's national center for architecture and design, where his archive and personal library are kept. It features a wealth of drawings and sketches, designs for furniture and interiors, model photographs, etc. from his estate, most of which are published here for the first time, as well as new photographs of his realized buildings. Essays by leading experts explore Lewerentz's life and work, his legacy, and lasting significance from a contemporary perspective.

This vast, beautifully designed book offers the most comprehensive survey to date of all of Lewerentz's achievements in all fields of his manifold work.

Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life was awarded both the jury prize and the silver medal in the category Editorial, Book, Print of the 2021 Svenska Designpriset (Swedish Design Award).

• The definitive monograph on Swedish modernist architect Sigurd Lewerentz
• Offers the most comprehensive survey to date of Lewerentz's manifaceted oeuvre
• Highlights the lasting significance of Lewerentz's achievements in all fields of work

• Features a wealth of previously unpublished material from Lewerentz's archive now kept at ArkDes, Sweden's national center for architecture and design

  Autorentext

  Kieran Long ist Direktor des schwedischen Zentrums für Architektur und Design ArkDes in Stockholm. Davor hat er 2013/14 die Abteilung Design, Architektur und Digitales des Londoner Victoria & Albert Museum aufgebaut und bis 2017 geleitet.

Johan Örn ist Sammlungskurator am schwe¬dischen Zentrum für Architektur und Design ArkDes und betreut dort u.a. den Nachlass von Sigurd Lewerentz.

Klappentext

Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) is one of the most highly revered-and also one of the most heavily mythologized-protagonists of modern European architecture. Arguably Sweden's most distinguished modernist, he is more influential to other architects internationally today than he was during his lifetime. Countless architecture lovers from around the world visit his still existent buildings. Stockholm's woodland cemetery Skogskyrkogården, his most significant contribution to landscape design, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

This authoritative new monograph on Sigurd Lewerentz is based on extensive research undertaken at ArkDes, Sweden's national center for architecture and design, where his archive and personal library are kept. It features a wealth of drawings and sketches, designs for furniture and interiors, model photographs, etc. from his estate, most of which are published here for the first time, as well as new photographs of his realized buildings. Essays by leading experts explore Lewerentz's life and work, his legacy, and lasting significance from a contemporary perspective.

This vast, beautifully designed book offers the most comprehensive survey to date of all of Lewerentz's achievements in all fields of his manifold work.

Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life was awarded both the jury prize and the silver medal in the category Editorial, Book, Print of the 2021 Svenska Designpriset (Swedish Design Award).