Sigurd Lewerentz: St. Petri: Church, Klippan 1962-66, O'Nfm Vol. 2

by Wilfried Wang and Janne Ahlin

Klippan is a village located in the rural south of Sweden for which, in 1962 at the age of 77, Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz was invited to design a church. It was to become his most important commission. St. Petri Klippan is both a modern as well as an archaic structure. The brickwork with its irregular mortar joints, its dark colour and the light-absorbing interior, is modern in its vertical surfaces and archaic in its vaulting. To this day...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3803006988
• ISBN13: 9783803006981
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Wasmuth
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.5" x 8.4"