Pär Hedefält
@prhedefalt.bsky.social
pedestrian architect, Malmö
As you can see from this photo I went to a lecture where Adam/John/David Caruso talked about Makmö konsthall and the 70's art scene in New York:
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
As you can see from this photo I went to a lecture where Adam/John/David Caruso talked about Makmö konsthall and the 70's art scene in New York:
Malmö's currently pretending it's a more northerly city:
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Malmö's currently pretending it's a more northerly city:
Min svenska värdering är att "resa" är ett verb för att fysiskt förflytta sig en längre sträcka alternativt att positionera något tidigare vågrätt i en lodrät position:
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Min svenska värdering är att "resa" är ett verb för att fysiskt förflytta sig en längre sträcka alternativt att positionera något tidigare vågrätt i en lodrät position:
As I'm trying to uphold a self-imposed moratorium on book buying it's a little unfair when bookshops leave things like this lying about, face up, as you casually browse the store:
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As I'm trying to uphold a self-imposed moratorium on book buying it's a little unfair when bookshops leave things like this lying about, face up, as you casually browse the store:
Having said that I'm no particular fan of the actual reliefs, but I do like the long narrow entrance hall:
October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Having said that I'm no particular fan of the actual reliefs, but I do like the long narrow entrance hall:
Realising that the building I live in is listed in the survey I bought this beautiful book this weekend:
October 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Realising that the building I live in is listed in the survey I bought this beautiful book this weekend:
I'm once again back at Klas Anshelm's Malmö konsthall (1971–75):
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I'm once again back at Klas Anshelm's Malmö konsthall (1971–75):
Walking home there was a very slight rain– more like a mist, really – which in combination with the late autumn sun gave the city a hazy golden shine:
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Walking home there was a very slight rain– more like a mist, really – which in combination with the late autumn sun gave the city a hazy golden shine:
What with Villa Jeanneret paid for by Lotti Rääf and Greta Knutson-Tzara paying for Loos' Tzara House Swedish women were clients of a surprising amount of early modernist Paris houses.
October 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
What with Villa Jeanneret paid for by Lotti Rääf and Greta Knutson-Tzara paying for Loos' Tzara House Swedish women were clients of a surprising amount of early modernist Paris houses.
And, just across the street, the slightly later terraced houses at Brödragatan (1937–43):
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And, just across the street, the slightly later terraced houses at Brödragatan (1937–43):
And here are her terraced houses at Bångejordsgatan (1934—35):
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
And here are her terraced houses at Bångejordsgatan (1934—35):
Some years ago I found myself staying in the middle of Wallberg land (ie. Örgryte, Gothenburg) for a couple of days. Here's Villa Wallberg at Prytzgatan (1935):
October 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Some years ago I found myself staying in the middle of Wallberg land (ie. Örgryte, Gothenburg) for a couple of days. Here's Villa Wallberg at Prytzgatan (1935):
And Lotti Rääf's sister, Ingrid Wallberg, was the first female architect in Sweden to have a practice of her own:
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
And Lotti Rääf's sister, Ingrid Wallberg, was the first female architect in Sweden to have a practice of her own:
Last weekend I walked past a 2nd hand bookshop when I happened to see my old college in the shop window:
October 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Last weekend I walked past a 2nd hand bookshop when I happened to see my old college in the shop window:
There was a great sky when I was walking home from work today, here seen behind some Johan Celsing housing (and some Spanish-Swiss nonsense):
September 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There was a great sky when I was walking home from work today, here seen behind some Johan Celsing housing (and some Spanish-Swiss nonsense):
And, slightly earlier, here's Kronprinsen seen from a street of one-family houses:
August 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
And, slightly earlier, here's Kronprinsen seen from a street of one-family houses:
Malmö has its moments:
August 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Malmö has its moments:
Speaking of lovely buildings here are Nils Einar Eriksson's and, behind it, David Helldén & Stig Dranger's buildings at Ribershus:
August 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Speaking of lovely buildings here are Nils Einar Eriksson's and, behind it, David Helldén & Stig Dranger's buildings at Ribershus:
Went cycling around Malmö looking at balconies on 1930s buildings for a renovation we're doing in the co-op where I live. This isn't actually a useful reference but it is a lovely building:
August 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Went cycling around Malmö looking at balconies on 1930s buildings for a renovation we're doing in the co-op where I live. This isn't actually a useful reference but it is a lovely building:
Regarding Per Albin's terraced house: his was the end of terrace with an apse-like protrusion (more drawings can be found here: stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/post/33179)
August 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Regarding Per Albin's terraced house: his was the end of terrace with an apse-like protrusion (more drawings can be found here: stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/post/33179)
Housing-wise there's Léonie & Charles-Edouard Geisendorf's housing at Riksrådsvägen (1953-56) but maybe you had that pencilled in already?
August 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Housing-wise there's Léonie & Charles-Edouard Geisendorf's housing at Riksrådsvägen (1953-56) but maybe you had that pencilled in already?
Apart from the classics mentioned in all history books there's Västerortskyrkan (1956), Vällingby, by Carl Nyrén & Bertil Engstrand though it might be tricky getting in, we went after Sunday service the time I went:
August 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Apart from the classics mentioned in all history books there's Västerortskyrkan (1956), Vällingby, by Carl Nyrén & Bertil Engstrand though it might be tricky getting in, we went after Sunday service the time I went:
As I'm back toiling here's a photo of one of the empty buildings at Kockum's former shipyard in Malmö:
August 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
As I'm back toiling here's a photo of one of the empty buildings at Kockum's former shipyard in Malmö:
My phone just reminded me it's three years since I walked the Trutg dil Flem mainly to see the various Jürg Conzett bridges:
August 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My phone just reminded me it's three years since I walked the Trutg dil Flem mainly to see the various Jürg Conzett bridges:
Various Vauban-designed structures seen last week in Brittany (Camaret-sur-Mer, Le Palais & 2 x St-Malo):
August 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Various Vauban-designed structures seen last week in Brittany (Camaret-sur-Mer, Le Palais & 2 x St-Malo):