The problem with glass

By Maddie Leach in Architecture on

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 miscalculation in design. Portrait of Åke…

'Fantastisk skulptur – men det fungerar inte'

By Maddie Leach in Leaking on

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 glasses' in…