Wilfried Wang

In 2009, the summerhouse at Nipe in Risør, designed by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk, was celebrated as the most important Norwegian modern .hytte" by the popular press. The small summerhouse is situated on a barren terrain, 70 meters from the shore-line and 20 meters above sea-level, touching the site on point foundations, its footprint tailored to the trees and vegetation. The adaption to local ecologies, the reflective spatial sequences, the tectonic character and the refined wooden detailing are all characteristics of the Oslo school in modern Norwegian architecture. This volume presents the full set of drawings for the Nipe project in chronological order, from the first site visit to the finished building, while photographs from 1997 and 2021 document the life of the building. Wilfried Wang's essay .On the edge" characterizes the summerhouse as a .basic hut" that offers .framed views across internal and external spaces", and represents a very specific approach to architecture and site: a .compositionally logical approach to building in and with nature, one that does not dominate or even eradicate it, but one that leads a life in parallel." In the essay .Nipe, 24 years later", the architect reflects on his way of working and the decisions taken in the design process from September 1995 through September 1997, relating the summer house to his architectural oeuvre. Essay by Wilfried Wang. Edited by Karl Otto Ellefsen and Dagfinn Sagen.

This illustrated book on architecture, Lewerentz. A Masterpiece, provides answers to questions about the internationally renowned architect Sigurd Lewerentz.Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) was one of the greatest masters of 20th century Swedish architecture. Fredric Bedoire, in his chapter, describes the circumstances of Lewerentz's construction work at Adolf Fredriks Kyrkogata 8 in Stockholm. What did its location tell us? Who commissioned and later used the building? How did the architect go about his work? Which other suggestions were considered and how did construction proceed?The authors of the book, Fredric Bedoire, Kerstin Wickman, Vicki Wenander and Ewa Glennow offer different perspectives of the building and take us on a journey from the first sketches back in 1928 until the 2017 reopening of the building as a modern office block. The book is richly illustrated with a number of sketches and pictures from, among other sources, the ArkDes Lewerentz Collection, the National Archives, the Nordic Museum, as well as new photographs taken by the photographer Jonas Lindström, and includes a foreword by architect and Lewerentz expert Wilfried Wang.

Sigurd Lewerentz är en av Sveriges tre mest kända arkitekter internationellt sett, vid sidan av Asplund och Tessin. Ett av hans mest framträdande byggnadsverk är Riksförsäkringsanstaltens byggnad, alldeles vid Adolf Fredriks kyrka i Stockholm (1928-1932). Boken handlar om ett stort kontorshus, där rörelse och vandring från gatan, över gården och in mot vestibulens ljus står i centrum. Boken är rikt illustrerad med ursprungliga fotografier, långa serier med skisser och ritningar. Text och foto av Fredric Bedoire, Kerstin Wickman, Vicki Menander, Ewa Glennow och Jonas Lindström.Förord av Wilfried Wang.