The life lessons of Swedish modernist architect Sigurd Lewerentz
The life lessons of Swedish modernist architect Sigurd Lewerentz
Stockholm’s ArkDes museum celebrates Sigurd Lewerentz’s architecture for body and soul with a publication and exhibition, ‘Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life’
The enigmatic exterior of St Peter’s church, Klippan, completed in 1966
Those unfamiliar with Sigurd Lewerentz may be intrigued by how he is characterised in books and articles. Despite being one of Sweden’s most admired modernist architects, he is regularly described as ‘enigmatic’, ‘mythical’ or even ‘obscure’. Born in Bjärtrå, northern Sweden, in 1885, Lewerentz was indeed a quiet figure; he published almost nothing about his built projects, and would reject invitation after invitation to speak at international events – a stark contrast to his publicity-savvier contemporaries, such as architect Erik Gunnar Asplund.
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Architects behind multi-million pound Royal Academy regeneration in contention to remake the National Gallery Robert Dex
The architects behind the multi-million pound Royal Academy regeneration are in contention to do the same for the National Gallery.
The David Chipperfield firm is one of six design teams shortlisted to work on the £30 million makeover planned for the gallery’s bicentenary in 2024.
The list is completed by David Kohn Architects, Selldorf Architects and Witherford Watson Mann with a final decision on the design team due in July.
National Gallery Director Dr Gabriele Finaldi said: “We were impressed and delighted with the high quality of the submissions we received. It was not an easy task to reach the shortlist, but we are confident that we have chosen six teams that will produce a range of different approaches to excite and inspire us.
National Gallery announces shortlist for NG200 design competition 8 April 2021
Asif Khan, Caruso St John, David Chipperfield, David Kohn, Selldorf Architects, and Witherford Watson Mann have been selected in the first stage of the National Gallery’s NG200 refurbishing competition.
London’s National Gallery is looking to redesign the foyer area of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s 1991 Sainsbury Wing, the gallery s main entrance since 2018.
“Although the 1991 Sainsbury Wing has more than satisfied its original brief, audiences have grown over the past 30 years and, during busy times and especially popular exhibitions, the Wing can become quickly congested, resulting in visitors queueing outside in all weathers,” reads the competition website. “Another problem is that the Wing lacks adequate orientation and information space to help visitors to wholly engage with the collection.”