Spotlight: Gunnar Asplund
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 (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a notable theorist on the most important architectural challenges of his time, first exemplified by his lecture entitled “Our Architectonic Concept of Space.”
Stockholm Public Library. Image © Sam Teigen
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 1885 ? 20 October 1940) was a notable theorist on the most important architectural challenges of his time, first exemplified by his lecture entitled ?Our Architectonic Concept of Space.?
Image via <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gunnar_Asplund_1940.jpg'>Wikimedia</a> (public domain)
Asplund is considered one of the most influential modernist architects of Sweden and was a proponent of the modernist style first seen at the Stockholm International Exhibition of 1930. He completed numerous works regarded as prototypical examples of Nordic Classicism and the so-called Swedish Grace movement, including the Stockholm Public Library.
Stockholm Public Library. Image © Sam Teigen
Other notable works include the extension of the Gothenburg Courthouse and his...
Stockholm Public Library. Image © Sam Teigen
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 1885 ? 20 October 1940) was a notable theorist on the most important architectural challenges of his time, first exemplified by his lecture entitled ?Our Architectonic Concept of Space.?
Image via <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gunnar_Asplund_1940.jpg'>Wikimedia</a> (public domain)
Asplund is considered one of the most influential modernist architects of Sweden and was a proponent of the modernist style first seen at the Stockholm International Exhibition of 1930. He completed numerous works regarded as prototypical examples of Nordic Classicism and the so-called Swedish Grace movement, including the Stockholm Public Library.
Stockholm Public Library. Image © Sam Teigen
Other notable works include the extension of the Gothenburg Courthouse and his...
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