When I saw this, I knew he had me. I could love the building, I could appreciate both the genius and the subtlety, but could never grasp it all. Lewerentz is always going to be a step ahead of me. He is always going to hold something in reserve. He is always going to surprise me and yet his generosity is inexhaustible. The power of his work lies in this--that even when you think you know what he will do next he perturbs your expectation--not gratuitously, but in a way that reflects just how deeply invested he was in every decision. He is architecture's Cezanne. He must have been a profoundly lonely man.
