A concept of dialogue between masters of two different eras is made clear by walking in and around the Arkitekturmuseet. It is a conversation between Christian H. Grosch and his 19th century Christiania and Sverre Fehn and his poetic modernism […]
Travel
Blog Posts relating to my Travels
Lillehammer/Maihaugen
Lillehammer is a ski resort town of approximately 25,000 located an hour and forty-five minutes by train from Oslo. The town is located on a hill overlooking the shores of Lake Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway. This topography leads […]
Aukrustsenteret (Alvdal) – Sverre Fehn
A two-hour train ride from Hamar, through the rivers and forests of Eastern Norway sits the tiny town of Alvdal and the Aukrustsenteret, dedicated to Kjell Aukrust; an internationally known cartoonist, author and inventor born and raised in Alvdal. Alvdal […]
Two Days in Bergen, Norway
After 2 and a half weeks of travel, Bergen was the perfect place to end my trip (it helps when the above is the view from the hostel). I had heard nothing but wonderful stories from both travelers and natives […]
Hedmarksmuseet (Hamar) – Sverre Fehn
One of my favorite quotes of Sverre Fehn’s references the Hedmarksmuseet in Hamar and how it interacts with the past….and as such I was greatly looking forward to seeing the museum and what many consider to be Mr. Fehn’s master […]
Ivar Aasen-tunet (Ørsta) – Sverre Fehn
For my second blog post about my research fellowship trip, I have decided to write about the museum I visited the day after the Glacier Museum. In terms of response to context, the two museums couldn’t be more different. The […]
Norwegian Glacier Museum (Fjærland) – Sverre Fehn
Now that my travels are over and I am settled back in Indianapolis, I can now begin to blog about my travels in Norway. The first in a series of blog posts about Sverre Fehn or Norwegian architecture (there will […]
Book Review – Sverre Fehn: The Pattern of Thoughts
After I got back from Europe, I picked up the book Sverre Fehn: The Pattern of Thoughts by Per Olaf Fjeld. I was first made aware of this book after Fehn’s passing by a classmate of mine that shares similar […]
Treptow Krematorium – Axel Schultes/Charlotte Frank
In the afternoon the day before heading to Prague and the Sonisphere Festival (I’ll write about that at a later date) I decided to skip the big Germany game during the World Cup and head out to the Altes Friedhof […]