Lars Israel Wahlman is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Lars Israel Wahlman as Swedish architect (1870–1952).
Lars Israel Wahlman was born at Hedemora in 1870. His recorded nationality is Sweden. He trained at Royal Institute of Technology.
Industrialisation gave architecture iron, glass and the lift, and with them the problems of the railway station, the factory and the tall city block.
He is recorded as architect, artist and university teacher.
Among his best-known works are Swedish Margaret Church, Tjolöholm Castle and Engelbrecht Church. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
Recognition followed: Prince Eugen Medal.
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.
Lars Israel Wahlman died in 1952, aged 82. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Swedish Margaret Church
- Notable work: Tjolöholm Castle
- Notable work: Engelbrecht Church
- Notable work: Nynäshamns kyrka
- Prince Eugen Medal
- Trained at Royal Institute of Technology
