Biography of Sverre Fehn -

Sverre Fehn was born in Kongsberg, Norway, in
1924.  He received his architectural education
shortly after WWII in Oslo, and quickly became the
leading Norwegian architect of his generation.

At the age of 34 Fehn gained international
recognition for his design of the Norwegian
Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition. In
the 1960s he produced two works that have remained
highlights in his career: the Nordic Pavilion at
the Venice Biennale and the Hedmark museum in
Hamar, Norway.

The architect’s highest international honour
came in 1997, when he was awarded both the
Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Heinrich
Tessenow|Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal.

==Bibliography==

The Secret of the Shadow: Light and Shadow in
Architecture, 2002 with writings by Sverre Fehn

Sverre Fehn, The poetry of the straight line =:
Den rette linjes poesi, 1992
 
Per-Olaf Fjeld, Sverre Fehn on the Thought of
Construction, Rizzoli International, 1983

Yukio Futagawa, Sverre Fehn. Glacier Museum. The
Aukrust Centre, in "GA Document 56", 1998

Sverre Fehn. Studio Holme, in "GA Houses 58", 1998

==External links==
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http://www.meamnet.polimi.it/archive/096/096.html
Biography and works of Sverre Fehn

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