In the history of building, Carl Christoffer Gjörwell the Younger is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Carl Christoffer Gjörwell the Younger as Swedish architect (1766–1837).
Carl Christoffer Gjörwell the Younger was born at Stockholm in 1766. His recorded nationality is Sweden.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Westmanska palatset, Haga Palace and Joensuu Manor. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Professor.
That the work was built in Sweden shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Carl Christoffer Gjörwell the Younger died in 1837, aged 71. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Westmanska palatset
- Notable work: Haga Palace
- Notable work: Joensuu Manor
- Notable work: Old Academy Building
- Professor
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