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Lund, Frederik (Ludvig) Konow

(b Bergen, 20 Oct 1889; d Bergen, 30 Aug 1970). Norwegian architect. He was educated as an architect (1910–14) at the Königliche Sächsische Technische Hochschule, Dresden, and then studied in the USA (1916–17). In 1919 he started his own practice in Bergen. His intentions were already evident in the holiday house at Godøysund (1919), where, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright (whom he had met), he gave a new interpretation to traditional, western Norwegian architectural forms. The building resembled a farmhouse that had been added to over the years: the use of different types of doors and windows contributed to this picturesque and organic effect, and the house was built on many levels. Lund became the major exponent of the ‘Bergen school’, which, between the wars, developed an approach to house design inspired by the free plans of Wright and of such English architects as Edwin Lutyens. Lund’s many houses in Fana and Bergen of the 1920s and 1930s were distinguished by the free composition of volumes, which was adapted to the irregular sites of western Norway, and by their varied and carefully executed detailing. Other characteristics of these houses were their dry-stone walling, such traditional exterior colours as ochre and dark red, and wooden cladding chemically treated to achieve the greyness of naturally weathered wood.

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