The Korsmo House, 1955, is an icon of moder n Scandinavian<br><br>architecture--an experimental house that has been frequently<br><br>published in magazines and architecture anthologies. A few years<br><br>ago a jury elected the house as one of the ten most significant<br><br>buildings in Norwegian twentieth century architecture. Professor Knut<br><br>Hjeltnes says in the Arkitektur-N 5/2012 review that "Planet Road, 12,<br><br>is one of the most important private houses in Norway, owing both to<br><br>the qualities of the house and the significance of the inhabitants in<br><br>Norwegian post-war culture." The original owner, Grete Prytz Kittelsen<br><br>(earlier Korsmo) lived in the house until she passed away in 2010.<br><br>The house is now listed for preservation.<br><br>Arne Korsmo (1900-1968) was a prominent Norwegian architect,<br><br>best-known for a large number of functionalist buildings and interiors<br><br>made in the 1930s. Also a renowned exhibition architect and product<br><br>designer, Korsmo was highly-esteemed as a post-war teacher of<br><br>architecture and interior design. Grete Prytz Korsmo (later Kittelsen,<br><br>1917-2010) was a goldsmith and pioneering enamel artist, a 'grand<br><br>lady' of Scandinavian design and a trusted member of the World<br><br>Craft Council. Scandinavian Design is subject to increasing interest<br><br>worldwide and with it so is the Korsmo House. The Korsmo couple<br><br>were the incarnation of post-war Scandinavian design, winning prizes<br><br>internationally for product design and exhibition architecture.<br><br>Planetveien 12 discusses the location of this architectural icon, the<br><br>house's many incarnations, the biographies of the architect and<br><br>the Korsmo couple's visit to America where they met Hugo Weber,<br><br>Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander Calder and,<br><br>significantly, Ray and Charles Eames. The book also details Korsmo's<br><br>other projects and his teaching careeer, alongside detailed plans<br><br>from inception and a full photographic essay about the finished<br><br>house. The author, Elisabeth Tostrup, is an architect and professor<br><br>at the Oslo School of Architecture; previous publications include<br><br>Norwegian Wood: the Thoughtful Architecture of Wenche Selmer,<br><br>2006, and Architecture and Rhetoric: Text and Design in Architectural<br><br>Competitions, 1999.