Olof Tempelman is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Olof Tempelman as Swedish architect (1746-1816).
Olof Tempelman was born in 1745. 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 Gustav III's Pavilion and Falsterbo lighthouse. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
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.
Olof Tempelman died in 1816, 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: Gustav III's Pavilion
- Notable work: Falsterbo lighthouse
