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Vilhelm Wohlert

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Denmark 1920 - 2007

Vilhelm Wohlert was a major force in architecture and design in the 1950s and 1960s and the work of Vilhelm Wohlert epitomises the essence of "Danish design" perhaps better than any other architect from that country. With his friend Jørgen Bo, he created in 1958 one of the key buildings of the 20th century with the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, on the coast north of Copenhagen. The building broke with tradition in its use of humble natural materials, employing white-painted brick... Read more