Sven Ingvar Andersson

1927-2007

Sven Ingvar Andersson (1927-2007) is among Scandinavia’s most important landscape architects. From 1963 to 1994, he was professor of landscape architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.

SIA’s writings include essays on landscape and urban design and on the history of gardens and their restoration, preservation, and renewal. Among his best known design works are Amsterdam’s Museumplein, Vienna’s Karlplatz, Brunnspark in Ronneby, Sweden, and the Tycho Brahe garden on Hven.

By SIA: Publications

A Letter from My Henyard

Arkitekten 1967: 579-583

A witty manifesto

Danish/English

Principles for Conservation

Landskab 1993 (5/6): 112-121

Danish/English

Sunday Landscapes and Monday Cities

Havekunst 1966 (7): 121-128

Danish/English

The Role of the Landscape Architect in Physical Planning

Landskap 1969 (1): 6-9

Swedish/English

Parks – The Village Green

Landskab 1981 (7/8): 180-190

Danish/English

Buildings and Landscape

Royal Danish Academy School of Architecture, 2002

Danish/English

Bibliography (1953-1994)

Annotated by Anne Whiston Spirn

Sven-Ingvar Andersson (Arkitektens Forlag, 1994): 136-141

English

By SIA: Built Works

A Selection of Works

Anne Marie Lund

Sven-Ingvar Andersson (Arkitektens Forlag, 1994)

By SIA: Sketches

The Sketches’ Story

Steen Høyer

Sven-Ingvar Andersson 2002 (exhibition catalogue): 49-50

Danish

About SIA

Texts, Landscapes, and Life

Anne Whiston Spirn

Sven-Ingvar Andersson (Arkitektens Forlag, 1994): 108-117

English

Sven-Ingvar Andersson

Marc Treib

Sven-Ingvar Andersson (Arkitektens Forlag, 1994): 62-67

English

Introduction: To Be

Steen Høyer

Sven-Ingvar Andersson (Arkitektens Forlag, 1994): 8-15

Danish

The Fool and the King

Malene Hauxner

Sven-Ingvar Andersson (Arkitektens Forlag, 1994): 84-91

Danish

Visit to a Topiarius in Södra Sandby

Sten Dunér

Sven-Ingvar Andersson (Arkitektens Forlag, 1994): 118-129

Swedish

The Horticultural Side

Ib Asger-Olsen

Sven-Ingvar Andersson (Arkitektens Forlag, 1994): 100-107

Danish

Aesthetics and Recognition

Malene Hauxner

Sven-Ingvar Andersson 2002 (exhibition catalogue): 21-24

Danish

The Magic of the Clean Room

Sten Dunér

Sven-Ingvar Andersson 2002 (exhibition catalogue): 13-14

Swedish

The Return of Form

Kristine Jensen

Sven-Ingvar Andersson 2002 (exhibition catalogue): 33-34

Danish

The Perspective of the Journey Home

Jacob Fischer

Sven-Ingvar Andersson 2002 (exhibition catalogue): 43

Danish