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Gert Wingardh (born April 26th, ) is Sweden's well-known living architect, and has had a major influence on the Swedish architectural scene. His practice's main office is in Gothenburg, with a second office in Stockholm. Wingardh studied echonomics, art history and architecture in the s at Gothenburg University and Chalmers University of Technology, and has in interviews stated that it was a visit to the Pantheon, Rome, that made him decide to become an architect.
He had his big breakthrough as a regular architect with the Oijared Executive Country Club outside Gothenburg in The building rendered him a Kasper Salin Prize. Gert Wingardh started as a Postmodernist in the s, as one of the architects who broke away from the strong Functionalist (International style) norm that held sway over Scandinavia longer than in other countries. He is known to pick up new trends in architecture quickly and interpret them with a personal expressive language which integrates the surrounding landscapes into the projects: "His buildings do not stubbornly adhere to one style but are a response to the task in hand and the surrounding environmental conditions.
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Gert byggnad – Recent Designs
16 Jan
Restaurant Tak, Södermalmsallén, huvudstaden, Sweden
Architects: Wingårdhs
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Restaurant överbyggnad in Stockholm
Sven-Harry’s Art Museum
Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
Sven-Harry’s Art Museum Stockholm
Victoria Tower, container, Stockholm, eastern Sweden
Design: arkitekt Arkitektkontor
Swedish Skyscraper Building
The Snow Trap, Sweden
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The Snow Trap
Gert Wingardh – Key Projects
Buildings by arkitekt Arkitektkontor, alphabetical:
Flats, Malmö, Sweden
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Kallis kurort & hotel, Sweden
Müritzeum, Germany
photograph © Åke Eson Lindman
Müritzeum
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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden, northern Europe
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Gert Wingårdh architect offices based in Gothenburg + Stockholm / Kontor inom Göteborg + St
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One of Sweden’s most esteemed living architects, Gert Wingårdh (born 26 April ) brought Swedish architecture out of the tradition of the International Style and into contemporary times with his playful design spirit and love of eye-catching materials. With his use of bright colors and geometric motifs, his recent buildings have been described as "Maximalist" or "Modern Baroque."
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Wingårdh was born in Skövde, Sweden as the only child of owners of a cement factory. At age 10, the family moved to Gothenburg, Sweden’s second-largest city, where Wingårdh took an interest in art and cinema, eventually enrolling at Gothenburg University to study art history. While in the program, Wingårdh traveled to Rome and was captivated by the city and its classical buildings, in particular the Pantheon. Returning home, Wingårdh enrolled at Chalmers University, where he received his masters of architecture.
Upon graduation in , Wingårdh began working for Olivegrens Arkitektkontor AB. This was his only job at a firm before opening his own practice, Wingårdh Arkitektkontor, in Th