Norwegian Pavilion

building, Brussels, Belgium

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The Norwegian Pavilion, designed by Sverre Fehn, was an award-winning structure at the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition. This pavilion, built in the International Style, was characterized by its low profile and wide, segmented eaves. Fehn, a Norwegian architect known for integrating modernism with traditional vernacular architecture, aimed to create buildings that heightened awareness of natural beauty. His work often drew inspiration from modernist architects like Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, while also reflecting the Scandinavian landscape. Fehn's designs, including the Norwegian Pavilion, received international acclaim and contributed to his winning of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1997.1

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…Exhibition in Brussels, where his Norwegian Pavilion captured first prize in the design competition. Built in the International style, the low wooden building embodied horizontality with its wide, overhanging, segmented eaves. Fehn again received widespread notice with his Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1962; it won the Biennale’s…
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…Exhibition in Brussels, where his Norwegian Pavilion captured first prize in the design competition. Built in the International style, the low wooden building embodied horizontality with its wide, overhanging, segmented eaves. Fehn again received widespread notice with his Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1962; it won the Biennale’s…
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