Sven Markelius

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Helsingborg Concert Hall

Sven Markelius (born Sven Gottfrid Markelius in 1889-died 1972) was one of the most important modernist Swedish architects. Markelius played an important role in the post-war urban planning of Stockholm, for example in the creation of the model suburb of Vällingby (1950s).

Born in Stockholm in October of 1889, he attended the Royal Institute of Technology and the Academy of Arts in Stockholm from 1910 to 1915, later working in the office of Erik Lallerstedt. He developed an early interest in housing and planning and was one of the founder members of CIAM in 1928. In 1931, he wrote Acceptera, which was the birth of Swedish Functionalism and in 1932, began work on the Concert Hall in Helsingborg. In 1952, Markelius was nominated to the board of design consultants for the United Nations Secretariat Building by Sweden.

In 1962, Markelius was awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects.