House of Sweden 

THE LECTURE BY GERT WINGÅRDH IS POSTPONED DUE TO THE STRIKE BY AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

THE NEW DATE OF THE LECTURE WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 

Nordic diffractions of European architecture. Denmark - Finland - Norway - Sweden

8 lectures + 3 exhibitions

The Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh will present his work on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7.30 p.m.,at the new Benaki Museum in Pireos street. The presentation belongs to a series of lectures on contemporary Nordic architecture which is organized in collaboration with the Hellenic Institute of Architecture between October 2009 and May 2010.

Gert Wingårdh founded his company in 1977. After a number of minor interior projects and houses, he designed the partially sunken building at Öijared’s Country Club in Lerum outside of Gothenburg in 1986. The clubhouse attracted considerable attention and Wingårdhs was selected for an extension of the premises of the pharmaceutical company Astra Hässle (now Astra Zeneca). Beside Astra Zeneca, the electronics company Ericsson soon emerged as one of the key clients. Wingårdh is also the creator of the Swedish embassies in Washington and Berlin. Numerous awards and frequent publicity confirms Wingårdhs status as artistically leading in Sweden. Parallel to his architectural practice, Gert Wingårdh has also taken part in the public discussion on architecture and has been actively involved in teaching, currently as professor at Chalmers School of Architecture.

Gert Wingårdh

1951 Born in Skövde, Sweden.

1975 Masters of Architecture, Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg.

1975 Member of SAR, The National Association of Swedish Architects.

1975 Employed at Olivegrens Arkitektkontor AB, Göteborg, Sweden.

1977 Founded own practice Wingårdh, Göteborg, Sweden.

1988 Kasper Salin Award for Öijared Executive Country Club.

1992 Member of The Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

1993 Kasper Salin Award for AstraZeneca, R&D, Mölndal site, Sweden.

1997 - 2005 Chairman of the board of directors at Arkitekturmuseet, the Swedish Museum of Architecture.

1999 Ph.DHC at Chalmers University of Technology.

1999 Member of The Royal Academy of Engineering and science, IVA.

2000 - 2001 Chairman of the board of directors at Chalmers University of Technology, School of Architecture.

2001 R&D Magazine’s 2001 Laboratory of the Year for AstraZeneca R&D Waltam site, Boston, USA, phase 1.

2001 SAR’s Housing Award 2001 for Kajplats 01, apartment building at the Bo01 Housing Expo in Malmö.

2001 Best contemporary Building. First prize in Swedish public election, for Universeum.

2001 Kasper Salin Award for Auditorium and Student Union at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg.

2002 ECSN European Award for Excellence in Concrete for Arlanda TWR.

2004 The Biennale di Venezia’s 9th International Architecture Exhibition.

2004 "Svenska Träpriset" for Universeum, Göteborg.

2005 Helge Zimdal Award for Villa Astrid, Göteborg.

2005 The Prince Eugen Medal.

2006 Kasper Salin Award for Aranäs senior high school, Kungsbacka, Sweden.

2007 Artistic Professor of Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology, School of Architecture.

2007 Kasper Salin Award for House of Sweden, Washington DC.

2008 World Architecture Festival Category Award for K:fem, Vällingby, Sweden.

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