Gunnar Asplunds Gothenburg

Author : Nicholas Adams
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271065230
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg written by Nicholas Adams and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the west coast port city of Gothenburg, Sweden, the architect Gunnar Asplund built a modest extension to an old courthouse on the main square (1934–36). Judged today to be one of the finest works of modern architecture, the courthouse extension was immediately the object of a negative newspaper campaign led by one of the most noted editors of the day, Torgny Segerstedt. Famous for his determined opposition to National Socialism, he also took a principled stand against the undermining of urban tradition in Gothenburg. Gothenburg’s problems with modern public architecture, though clamorous and publicized throughout Sweden, were by no means unique. In Gunnar Asplund’s Gothenburg, Nicholas Adams places Asplund’s building in the wider context of public architecture between the wars, setting the originality and sensitivity of Asplund’s conception against the political and architectural struggles of the 1930s. Today, looking at the building in the broadest of contexts, we can appreciate the richness of this exquisite work of architecture. This book recaptures the complex magic of its creation and the fascinating controversy of its completed form.

Author : Nicholas Adams
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271065222
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg written by Nicholas Adams and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the west coast port city of Gothenburg, Sweden, the architect Gunnar Asplund built a modest extension to an old courthouse on the main square (1934–36). Judged today to be one of the finest works of modern architecture, the courthouse extension was immediately the object of a negative newspaper campaign led by one of the most noted editors of the day, Torgny Segerstedt. Famous for his determined opposition to National Socialism, he also took a principled stand against the undermining of urban tradition in Gothenburg. Gothenburg’s problems with modern public architecture, though clamorous and publicized throughout Sweden, were by no means unique. In Gunnar Asplund’s Gothenburg, Nicholas Adams places Asplund’s building in the wider context of public architecture between the wars, setting the originality and sensitivity of Asplund’s conception against the political and architectural struggles of the 1930s. Today, looking at the building in the broadest of contexts, we can appreciate the richness of this exquisite work of architecture. This book recaptures the complex magic of its creation and the fascinating controversy of its completed form.

Author : Christina Engfors
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lectures and Briefings from the International Symposium on the Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund written by Christina Engfors and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gustav Holmdahl
Publisher : Stockholm, Sweden : Byggförlaget
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gunnar Asplund, Architect, 1885-1940 written by Gustav Holmdahl and published by Stockholm, Sweden : Byggförlaget. This book was released on 1981 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stuart Wrede
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund written by Stuart Wrede and published by Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marc Fontoynont
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1873936877
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daylight Performance of Buildings written by Marc Fontoynont and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Gennaro Postiglione
Publisher : Taschen
ISBN 13 : 9783822863121
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 written by Gennaro Postiglione and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2004 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The present publication includes the work done by the MEAM Net research group at the Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with 27 institutions Europe-wide. This work, titled "One hundred houses for one hundred European architects of the 20th century", bore fruit in a travelling exhibition and a website"

Author : Erik Gunnar Asplund
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gunnar Asplund, 1885-1940 written by Erik Gunnar Asplund and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Janne Ahlin
Publisher : Park Book
ISBN 13 : 9783906027487
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect written by Janne Ahlin and published by Park Book. This book was released on 2014 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) was initially educated as mechanical engineer in Gothenburg. Yet it was his architectural apprenticeship in Munich 1909-10 that set him on his path as an architect, opening his own office in Stockholm in 1911. Although his built work is relatively small, Lewerentz is revered as one of Sweden's most eminent architects. Cemeteries and sacred buildings became a core part of Lewerentz's oeuvre, including Stockholm's South Cemetery (1914-17), Malmo Eastern Cemetery (1916), St. Mark's Church, Bjorkhagen (1956), and Petri Church, Klippan (1963). In association with Gunnar Asplund, he was also the main architect for the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930), and in collaboration with Erik Lallerstedt and David Hellden he created a masterpiece of functionalist architecture, the Malmo City Theatre (1935). Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect is a reprint of the first ever monograph on his work, originally published in English 1987 and long out of print. It tells the story of Lewerentz's life and presents his entire work in text and many photographs, drawings and plans.

Author : Erik Gunnar Asplund
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Erik Gunnar Asplund written by Erik Gunnar Asplund and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: