Gunnar Asplund - Wikipedia
WEBErik 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).
Erik Gunnar Asplund | MoMA
WEBErik 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).
Striving for a new monumentality: the non-classical influence on Gunnar …
WEBSep 1, 2023 · 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.
ERIK GUNNAR ASPLUND
WEBErik 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 …
The Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund - MIT Press
WEBThe open access edition of this book was made possible by generous funding and support from The National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
Gunnar Asplund | Modernist, Functionalist, Stockholm | Britannica
WEBGunnar Asplund was a Swedish architect whose work shows the historically important transition from Neoclassical to modern design. Asplund was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. His exposure to classical architecture on a trip to Greece and Italy (1913–14) made a profound impression.
Erik Gunnar Asplund. Woodland Chapel, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm ...
WEBIn 1915, Erik Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, now recognized as two of Sweden's leading twentieth-century architects, won a competition to expand the South Stockholm Cemetery. The commission would span their entire careers, reflecting stylistic developments and shifts over a twenty-five-year period.
Erik Gunnar Asplund. Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden
WEBA leading Swedish modernist, Asplund was included in the Museum's 1932 show Modern Architecture: International Exhibition because of the modernist language of the temporary buildings he designed for the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition, but his earlier public buildings for Stockholm, including this library, were allied with the transitional modernism H...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
WEBThis website is a contribution to maybe the most important swedish architect of the 20th century, Erik Gunnar Asplund, born 1885, as well as to his tremendous "opus magnum", Stockholm's City library.
Gunnar Asplund – Wikipedia
WEBErik Gunnar Asplund, född 22 september 1885 i Hedvig Eleonora församling i Stockholm, [ 1] död 20 oktober 1940 i Engelbrekts församling, [ 2] var en svensk arkitekt och professor i arkitektur vid KTH.
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