The monstrous Fontana di Träti
PDF download. This text reflects on two photographs, taken a decade apart, for the purpose of briefly unfolding the story of the LTH Fountain as an object of love and loathing.…
The problem with glass
One persistent part of the narrative around LTH-fontänen is that its 'glaslådor' (glass boxes) were subject to several attempts of "sabotage" by sling shot. Åke Holmberg, consulting engineer for the project, repeatedly cited this as the reason for the structure's failure rather than any…
'Fantastisk skulptur – men det fungerar inte'
This is one of my favourite images of LTH-fontänen. It appears in an article in Lördags Expressen by Kurt Karlsson on October 11 1969 with the headline ...och i Lund läcker den nya fontänen! (...and in Lund, the new fountain leaks!) "There is a storm around the 'water…