For the first time in paperback edition, the updated and extended monograph about the Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn
Introduced by Francesco Dal Co, this monograph examines the particular symbiosis which the architecture of Sverre Fehn establishes between modern formal language and the local tradition of his native land. The structural innovations which characterized the building he created, as well as his plans, develop in a coherent way the lesson he derived from his apprenticeship in Jean Prouvé’s studio. In his architecture, simple constructive features, strictly functional to the expression of content, merge in the equilibrium of the composition, avoiding both a gratuitous display of technique and the exaltation of the plastic qualities of materials