Sverre Fehn and the City: Rethinking Architectures Urban Premises

This book examines ten select projects to illuminate Fehn's approach to the city, the embodiment of that thinking in his designs, and the broader lessons those efforts offer for better understanding the relationship between architecture and urban life.

List of contents

Acknowledgments. Chapter 1 Fehn in the City: "What makes this all so alive". Chapter 2 Opened Ground. Chapter 3 Sverre Fehn's Ambient Urbanity. Chapter 4 Sverre Fehn, the City, and the Architecture of Participation. Chapter 5 More Oslo. Afterword. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Index.

About the author

Stephen M. Anderson is an associate professor in Architecture and Environmental Design in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, where he teaches architectural theory and graduate design.

Summary

This book examines ten select projects to illuminate Fehn’s approach to the city, the embodiment of that thinking in his designs, and the broader lessons those efforts offer for better understanding the relationship between architecture and urban life.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen M. Anderson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2023
• EAN: 9781032366517
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236651-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Monographs, ARCHITECTURE / Reference, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, History of Architecture, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Individual architects and architectural firms, City and town planning: architectural aspects