Lewerentz Fragments

The publication Lewerentz Fragments introduces new scholarship on the architect’s motivations and compiles new essays from all the major scholars on his work, for the first time in one volume presenting both historical and critical perspectives.



Through new essays, recently discovered archival material, photography, and drawings, the publication Lewerentz Fragments explores the architect’s body of work spanning three-quarters of the twentieth century. Comprising writings from all the major scholars on Lewerentz’ work, along with several new voices, this publication offers new insight into the context surrounding this architect’s work. Rather than focusing on a single thesis, the book offers a diversity of insight from multiple cultural and professional perspectives. In addition, previously unpublished translations of interviews and dialogs among the architect and his contemporaries offer a voice to the ‘silent architect’ altering the traditional interpretations of the work and digging past the surface of what might be considered his philosophy of building. Rather than serving as an introduction to the architect’s work, this volume provides detailed fragments as a deep and diverse dive into one of the most mysterious of Scandinavia’s modern masters.



Contributors: Johan Celsing, Patrick Doan, Nicola Flora, Jonathan Foote, Matthew Hall, Per Iwansson, Thomas Bo Jensen, Nathan Matteson, Enrico Miglietta, Paolo Giardiello, Hansjörg Göritz, Magnus Gustafsson, Mariana Manner, Anne-Marie Nelson, Gennaro Postiglione, Wilfried Wang,
Ola Wedebrunn



With Contributions of: Archival reproductions from the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (ArkDes), The Stockholm stadsarkiv, and The Malmö stadsarkiv.

Historical construction photos of St Peter’s Church by Carl-Hugo and Lars Gustafsson

Photos of the newly constructed St Peter’s Church by Ole Meyer

Previously unpublished archival photographs of Lewerentz’ work

Translations of various archival documents and audio interviews with the architect

Current photography of the architect’s work from a variety of photographers


Funding support:

Auburn University College of Architecture, Design & Construction

Aarhus School of Architecture

DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media

The King Gustaf VI Adolfs fund for Swedish Culture

The Peter and Birgitta Celsing Foundation

The University of Tennessee College of Architecture & Design