Sverre Fehn | Norwegian architect, 84

Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn, 84, whose unique style of blending modern forms with Scandinavian traditions earned him the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, died last Monday in a retirement home in Oslo, Norway.

Mr. Fehn received international acclaim in 1958 for his Norwegian Pavilion at the Brussels World Exposition and in 1962 for his Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, which was built around growing trees.

Most of his works are in Norway, including the white concrete Glacier Museum, which has been hailed as a landmark of contemporary architecture. Completed in 1991, it stands on a plain carved by Norway's Jostedal glacier at Fjaerland Fjord. He also built the Aukrust Museum in Alvdal and the Hedmark Museum in Hamar.

He was honored with the Pritzker award in 1997 for his ability to give "great primacy in his designs to the relationship between the built and the natural environment." - AP