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Room 1 The Last Studio The last studio
We begin the story of Sigurd Lewerentz´s career at the end. For the last five years of his life, he worked in a small studio space in Lund that was known as the Black Box. Room 1 The Last Studio
Room 2 Landscapes of Commemoration Landscapes of Commem- oration
The design of two cemeteries defined Sigurd Lewerentz’s career: the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm and the Eastern Cemetery in Malmö.Room 2 Landscapes of Commemoration
Room 3 The early years The early years
Sigurd Lewerentz’s childhood and early life provided the foundation for the fascinations and obsessions that would drive his work throughout his life. Room 3 The early years
Room 4 Architect of the Modern Metropolis Architect of the Modern Metropolis
In 1930, Stockholm was a city of just over 500,000 people, far away in the north of Europe. But its artists and architects travelled.Room 4 Architect of the Modern Metropolis
Room 5 The Idesta Years The Idesta Years
Manufacturing and industrial design became an ever larger focus for Lewerentz in the 1930s and 1940s. Idesta was the brand and business that enabled him to design and manufacture metal products and components for his own projects and for others.Room 5 The Idesta Years
Room 6 Late Masterpieces Late Master- pieces
Designed between 1956 and 1966, the churches of St Mark’s, Björkhagen and St Peter’s, Klippan are two of the most extraordinary works of modern architecture anywhere in the world. Room 6 Late Masterpieces
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