Special Event: LEWERENTZ DIVINE DARKNESS

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Special Event Co-presented with and sponsored by the Iowa Architectural Foundation “Blume’s exquisite cinematography bears out the suggestion in its title that Lewerentz built with darkness no less than light.”—Edward Dimendberg, The Architect’s Newspaper “The film does justice to this desired anonymity with nuanced readings of each building, but not without capturing the presence of Lewerentz, the man.”—Nader Tehrani, Architectural Record Sigurd Lewerentz (1885–1975) is internationally renowned as one of Sweden’s greatest architects, but due to his aversion to being interviewed and recorded, he has long been shrouded in mystery. Recently, however, a treasure trove of film and sound recordings of the aging Lewerentz was found in a cellar in Lund, and it’s these recordings that form the basis of this captivating documentary—a unique portrait of an enigmatic figure of 20th century architecture, whose work still resonates and inspires today.