Fretton on Lewerentz

A talk by Tony Fretton, and a discussion with Tony Fretton and Patrick Lynch

Recorded at The Gallery, EC1, 2nd December 2022

Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) completed relatively few projects - his best known works include the Eastern Cemetery in Malmö and the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm, and two churches towards the end of his career - St Mark’s, Stockholm, 1960 and St Peter’s, Klippan, 1966. Each displays a deeply personal conception of design. Yet Lewerentz gave few interviews, and wrote little about his own work. So where do we start to interpret it?

Tony Fretton brings the eye and experience of a practitioner to decode Lewerentz's buildings and legacy.

Tony Fretton is a British architect known for his residential and public gallery buildings, as well as other British and international design work. He graduated from the AA and worked for various practices before setting up his own firm, Tony Fretton Architects, in 1982. Tony is a visiting professor at the University of East London, and at ETH Zurich. He is also a trustee of Docomomo UK.