Sverre Fehn

Fredrik Fogh is danish, who took his degree in Copenhagen and in Milan. Fogh's work, as both architect and designer, has had a profound impact on both worlds and he has collaborated with Italian, Danish and American industries. He was awarded the silver medal at the "Triennale" in 1957 and he lectured at the University of Milan for 4 years. His career includes prestigious roles: design consultant for ONU and for Ministries in the Scandinavian countries and delegate for the World Crafts Council. Source: NUOVO (https://www.nuovoid.com/collections/fredrik-fogh?srsltid=AfmBOooh7zq4oE5K_G3g4-hr4MCPPIkHc1VhBLGf0kLXVO8VVjZsrbcM)

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Furniture for Nordic pavillion in Venice by Sverre Fehn. 1963. NMK.2008.0734

Sverre Fehn, Bord til Den Nordiske paviljongen i Venezia. Oppriss. – Nasjonalmuseet – Samlingen

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Sverre Fehn, Taburett til Den Nordiske paviljongen i Venezia. Oppriss. – Nasjonalmuseet – Samlingen

Nordic Pavilion Venice Furniture

Sverre Fehn’s Nordic Pavilion in Venice is a masterpiece in postwar architecture. The young Norwegian architect won the competition in 1958 and the building was inaugurated in 1962. Through six decades the beloved structure has been mired in phenomenology, poetry, and the personal memory of the select. Looking at the archives, a very different story emerges.

In minute detail, this book presents the history of the origins and making of the Nordic Pavilion; spanning from the geopolitical context in an increasingly tense cold war atmosphere, to the aggregates in the concrete of the audacious roof construction, and to the iconic trees, many of which died already before the second exhibition in 1964.

Sverre Fehn, Nordic Pavilion, Venice. Voices from the Archives 

documents the vast cast involved in the making of the Nordic Pavilion, spanning from kings, prime ministers, bureaucrats, ambassadors, museum directors, architects, and a myriad of artists’ associations, to Venetian dignitaries, engineers, gardeners, lawyers, and plumbers. The pavilion was conceived and built against the backdrop of friendships and animosities, powerplay and diplomacy. The detours and disappointments, the successes and failures of the Venice affair make a prism in miniature to understand the mindset and conflicting ambitions of the Nordic countries in the 1950s and 60s. Richly illustrated with previously unpublished images, among them many photographs taken by Fehn himself, the archival evidence also sheds new light on one of the great Nordic architects of the recent past.

The last part of the book presents short contributions on various aspects of Fehn’s iconic structure by architects and artists: Daniela Moderini, Helen Dorey, Adrian Forty, John Ochsendorf, Pedram Ghelichi, María Dolores Sánchez-Moya, Camille Norment, Gro Bonesmo, and João Doria de Souza.

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Nordic Pavilion Venice Furniture

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Competition model for Nordic Pavillion in Venice Fehn 1

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Aftenposten 14.07.1962

Sverre Fehn, Nordic Pavilion, Venice. Voices from the Archives.

Competition model for Nordic Pavillion in Venice Fehn 2

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Byggekunst cover nr 6 1962

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Furniture for Nordic pavillion in Venice by Sverre Fehn. 1963. NMK.2008.0734