sverre fehn's life works
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A Time line of Sverre Fehn's Life. A collection of images of his works in chronological order. A list of Books written by Sverre Fehn and also books that are written about him. A list of his awards and accolades.TRANSCRIPT
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Sverre Fehn (1924-2009)
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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
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Nordic Pavilion, Biennale in Venice (1958-62)
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Villa Schreiner, Oslo (1959-63)
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Hedmark Museum, Hamar (1967-79)
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Norwegian Glacier Museum, Fjaerland (1989-91)
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Aukrust Center, Alvdal (1993-96)
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Gyldendal Headquarters, Oslo (1995-2007)
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The National Museum of Architecture, Oslo (1997-2008)
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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)
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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