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A gem of midcentury architecture examined with previously unpublished archival material. Sverre Fehn's Nordic Pavilion in Venice is a masterpiece of postwar architecture. The young Norwegian architect won the competition in 1958; the building was inaugurated in 1962. In minute detail, this book presents the history of the origins and making of the Nordic pavilion, covering everything from the geopolitical context in an increasingly tense cold-war atmosphere to the aggregates in the concrete of the audacious roof construction. Sverre Fehn, Nordic Pavilion, Venice also documents the vast cast involved in the making of the Nordic Pavilion, from kings, prime ministers, bureaucrats, ambassadors, museum directors, architects and a myriad of artists' associations to Venetian dignitaries, engineers, gardeners, lawyers and plumbers. Richly illustrated with previously unpublished images, the archival evidence also sheds new light on one of the great Nordic architects of the recent past. AUTHORS: Mari Lending is a professor of architectural history and theory at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Among her most recent books are Plaster Monuments. Architecture and the Power of Reproduction and, with Peter Zumthor, A Feeling of History. Erik Langdalen is a professor in building heritage at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and a practicing architect working with reuse and transformation of heritage buildings. Among his recent co-edited books are Experimental Preservation, published by Lars Muller Publishers, and Concrete Oslo. SELLING POINTS: . Sverre Fehn (1924-2009) was one of the most prominent architects of postwar Norway. He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1997. . This book draws from the archives to present the origins and making of Sverre Fehn's Nordic Pavilion in Venice - a masterpiece in postwar architecture. . The publication was set to coincide with the exhibition at the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennial in the summer of 2020, whose future is unknown. 250 illustrations

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An impressive book that is packed with an enormous amount of archival information on the building, one that many people consider a modern masterpiece ... Fans of the important and much-loved Nordic Countries Pavilion in Venice will gain an appreciation of, not just Fehn's design, but the many other people and parts involved in the project over the last sixty years--John Hill A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

"An impressive book that is packed with an enormous amount of archival information on the building, one that many people consider a modern masterpiece ... Fans of the important and much-loved Nordic Countries Pavilion in Venice will gain an appreciation of, not just Fehn's design, but the many other people and parts involved in the project over the last sixty years--John Hill ""A Daily Dose of Architecture Books"""

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