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Gunnar Asplund, Gothenburg Courthouse Extension Swedish architecture

Gunnar Asplund's architecture is today synonymous with 1920s Classicism and Nordic Classicism. His designs for the Woodland Chapel (1918-1920) and the Stockholm City Library (1920-1928) stand as prototypical examples. However, this article contests this perception. Through an analysis of these two buildings in light of theories of form.


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Gunnar Asplund, (born Sept. 22, 1885, Stockholm, Swed.—died Oct. 20, 1940, Stockholm), Swedish architect. His work shows the historically important transition from Neoclassical architecture to Modernism. By 1928, influenced by Le Corbusier, he had turned from a retrospective style to a new vision for architecture.


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September 22, 2017. As a professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology, and a designer often cited for his contributions to Nordic Classicism, Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund.


Rådhuset (court house) in Gothenburg, Sweden by Gunnar Asplund, 1936

Erik Gunnar Asplund (September 22th, 1885 - October 20th, 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a representative of Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which got its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930).


Erik Gunnar Asplund, Woodland Chapel, Stockholm. 191720. Swedish

Gunnar Asplund Architecture 20th Century Swedish Architect, European Architectural Practice post updated 13 Apr 2021 Gunnar Asplund - Key Projects Major Building by the architect Chapel of the Resurrection, Woodland Cemetery, Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden Date built: 1914-34 Swedish Architecture competition : 1914


Pin on Architecture_ Erik Gunnar Asplund

Architectural History 1996 The importance of the Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) to the development of the Modern Movement has only recently been recognized. Following Lewerentz's confirmation at the age of… Expand 1 Nordic Memories of the East.


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Erik Gunnar Asplund was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930). Asplund was professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1931.


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Introduction Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 - 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930).


Paradise Backyard Erik Gunnar Asplund

Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg: The Transformation of Public Architecture in Interwar Europe on JSTOR Journals and books Journals and books Nicholas Adams Series: Copyright Date: 2014 Published by: Penn State University Press Pages: 288 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/j.ctv8j46d Select all (For EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley) (For BibTex) Front Matter


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BIOGRAPHY. Erik Gunnar Asplund was among the most important Scandinavian architects of the first half of the 20th century. His early work evolved from National Romanticism through the sparse Nordic classicism of the World War I period and by 1930 embraced canonic modernism.


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As a professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology, and a designer often cited for his contributions to Nordic Classicism, Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund (September 22.


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Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 - 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930).


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Eric Gunnar Asplund Born Stockholm 1885 Deceased Stockholm 19401020 3 Projects Woodland Cemetery Year 1916 - 1940 Place Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Public Library Year 1924-1928 Place Stockholm, Sweden Villa Snellman Year 1917-1918 Place Djursholm, Stockholm, Sweden About Eric Gunnar Asplund


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The Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund | Books Gateway | MIT Press The Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund By Stuart Wrede The MIT Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/1328.001.0001 ISBN electronic: 9780262368094 Publication date: 1980 Book PDF Share Tools Reader Table of Contents [ Front Matter ] Doi:


Erik Gunnar Asplund, Woodland Chapel, Stockholm. 191720. Swedish

The Swedish master Erik Gunnar Asplund envisioned the City Hall of Gothenburg as an organic whole, and thus merged the 17th-century construction with his building raised in 1936.. where the obligation to respect the original architecture was complemented by a desire to understand the intentions of the original project, and with this.


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Erik Gunnar Asplund, born in Stockholm in 1885, was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of the Nordic classicism of the 1920s. He studied architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After completing his studies, he worked for Asplund Tengrom architects, Westman and Ostberg.