Nils Ahrbom is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Nils Ahrbom as Swedish architect (1905-1997).
Nils Ahrbom was born at Hudiksvall in 1905. His recorded nationality is Sweden. He trained at Royal Institute of Technology.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect.
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.
Nils Ahrbom died in 1997, aged 92. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Prince Eugen Medal
- Trained at Royal Institute of Technology
