Sigurd Lewerentz

This book is a monographic study of Sigurd Lewerentz, one of the major architects of the Swedish Modern School, who developed a sensitive and distinctive response to the most important architectural movements of the last century. Lewerentz was a master of religious architecture; his most remarkable designs are the chapels of St Knut and St Gertrud in the Malmo cemetery (be

This book is a monographic study of Sigurd Lewerentz, one of the major architects of the Swedish Modern School, who developed a sensitive and distinctive response to the most important architectural movements of the last century. Lewerentz was a master of religious architecture; his most remarkable designs are the chapels of St Knut and St Gertrud in the Malmo cemetery (begun in 1916), the conservation of the cathedral of Uppsala (1947-55), and the church of St Peter at Klippan (1962-6).

The first section of the volume includes a critical essay by Colin St John Wilson and a previously unpublished essay on Lewerentz's work by Nicola Flora, Paolo Giardiello and Gennaro Postiglione. The central section contains a catlog of his work: about 150 designs and constructions, in chronological order, are presented through detailed descriptions and illustrated by both photographs and drawings. A complete list of works and a bibliography based on research in the archives of Stockholm's Museum of Architecture conclude the volume. This study of Lewerentz is the most original and comprehensive published to date, with a full treatment of unbuilt projects as well as completed buildings.