Peter Celsing
*29. 1. 1920 – Stockholm, Sweden
†16. 3. 1974 – Stockholm, Sweden
Biography
Peter Elof Herman Torsten Folke von Celsing was a Swedish modernist architect. He was the son of bank clerk Folke von Celsing and Margareta (née Norström). His older brother Lars Petrus Folke von Celsing (1916-2009) was a Swedish diplomat who served in many embassies. He studied architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. He was an assistant to the Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz, with whom he participated in the competition for the Church of St. Mark (Markuskyrkan). Later, he became a professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After some time spent in Beirut, he became head of the architectural office AB Stockholms Spårvägar (the Stockholm office for trams and local railways), where he designed a number of subway stations. He designed in the brutalist style. Large areas of exposed concrete were occasionally combined with large glazed surfaces revealing a wooden interior.
In 1948, he married Birgitta Dyrssen (1922-2004) and their son Johan Celsing is also an architect.
Peter Elof Herman Torsten Folke von Celsing was a Swedish modernist architect. He was the son of bank clerk Folke von Celsing and Margareta (née Norström). His older brother Lars Petrus Folke von Celsing (1916-2009) was a Swedish diplomat who served in many embassies. He studied architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. He was an assistant to the Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz, with whom he participated in the competition for the Church of St. Mark (Markuskyrkan). Later, he became a professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After some time spent in Beirut, he became head of the architectural office AB Stockholms Spårvägar (the Stockholm office for trams and local railways), where he designed a number of subway stations. He designed in the brutalist style. Large areas of exposed concrete were occasionally combined with large glazed surfaces revealing a wooden interior.
In 1948, he married Birgitta Dyrssen (1922-2004) and their son Johan Celsing is also an architect.
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