Tuesday 6 November 2012

The Höganäs church - a functionalist masterpiece by Ivar Tengbom

The Church of the Ascension in Höganäs

Of all the buildings in Höganäs, a coastal town in southwestern Sweden, the church from 1934 is easily the most impressive. It was designed by the architect Ivar Tengbom (1878 - 1968), one of the best known representatives of the neo-classical - and later also functionalist - style in Sweden.




Internationally Tengbom is perhaps most well-known as the architect of the Stockholm Concert Hall (1923 - 1926), the home of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the venue for the annual Nobel Prize ceremony. 


The Stockholm Concert Hall 
(picture by wikipedia)


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