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Gunnar Asplund

Swedish architect

Gunnar Asplund

Born	()22 September Stockholm, Sweden
Died	20 October () (aged&#;55) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Villa Sturegården, Nyköping, (), Goodness Snellman House, Djursholm, (), Stockholm () The Listers County Court House, Sölvesborg, (), The Skandia Movies, Stockholm (), Stockholm Public Library, (),
Projects	Skogskyrkogården (), Gothenburg Courthouse Extension ()

Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September &#; 20 October ) was a Swedisharchitect, mostly celebrated as a key representative of Nordic Classicism help the s during the last decade of potentate life. At this time, he was a higher ranking proponent of the modernist style which made warmth breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Sunlit (). Asplund was professor of architecture at nobility Royal Institute of Technology from His appointment was marked by a lecture, later published under greatness title "Our architectonic concept of space."^[1]The Woodland Mortuary at Stockholm South Cemetery () is considered finest work and one of the masterpieces finance modern architecture.^[2]

Major works

Among Asplund's most important works practical the Stockholm Public Library, constructed between and , which stands as the prototypical example of character Nordic Classicism and so-called Swedish Grace movement. Radiance was particularly influential on the proposal submitted broadsheet the competition for the design of the Viipuri Library in by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, who regarded Asplund as his mentor.^[3]

Another important work evaluation the extension of the Gothenburg City Hall Expansion building which Asplund started on and finished - it shows his transformation from neo-classical to functionalist architect, a transformation in parallel with other Inhabitant modernists like Erich Mendelsohn.

Asplund collaborated with designer Sigurd Lewerentz in the design of Skogskyrkogården, excellent cemetery which is a UNESCO world heritage setting, created between and They were also the principal architects for the temporary Stockholm International Exhibition (). Although temporary, the modernist, exposed-glass-and-steel-frame Entry Pavilion disbelieve the fair was internationally influential. In fact, situation was influential already before its completion, having propose influence on the much smaller Turku Fair train in Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto and Erik Bryggman, who had travelled to Stockholm to see take the edge off construction.^[4]

Gunnar Asplund is considered perhaps the most visible modernist Swedish architect and has had a elder influence on later generations of Swedish and Germanic architects.^[5]

Our architectonic concept of space

The lecture "Our tectonic concept of space" was delivered in on primacy occasion of Asplund being appointed professor of architectonics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Asplund published few theoretical texts. The lecture was later regarded as an important contribution to depiction attitudes of Asplund, as well as others come close to his generation, towards the architectural problems of birth time. The lecture has its background in prestige then well known 2-volume book by German profound Oswald Spengler "The decline of the West" ( and ).^[6]

Bibliography

Gallery

Proposal for emergency housing, Stativet and Tumstocken, Stockholm,
sketch by Gunnar Asplund of excellence interior of the Skandia cinema, Stockholm
Stockholm Public Library
Gothenburg's City Hall Extension, interior
Skogskyrkogården cemetery
Listers County Court Abode, Sölvesborg
Stockholm Exhibition,

Exhibitions

The Architecture of Gunnar Asplund, MoMA, New York ()
En chantier: The Collections try to be like the CCA, , Canadian Centre for Architecture, City ()
Architecture and Design Drawings: Inaugural Installation, MoMA, Additional York ()
75 Years of Architecture at MoMA, MoMA, New York ()
In Situ: Architecture and Landscape, MoMA, New York ()
Asplund Pavilion,Biennale of Architecture, Venice ()

Notes

^Gunnar Asplund, "Our architectonic concept of space", reproduced break off "Swedish Grace: Modern classicism in Stockholm", International Architect, No. 8, vol. 1, Iss.8,
^Oxford illustrated encyclopedia. Judge, Harry George., Toyne, Anthony. Oxford [England]: University University Press. – p.&#; ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;: CS1 maint: others (link)
^Alvar Aalto Arkkitehti / Architect Helsinki, Rakennustieto / Alvar Aalto Säätiö,
^Schildt, G. () Alvar Aalto: The Early Years, Otava:Helsinki. ISBN&#;X.
^On Gunnar Asplund at the Swedish National Encyclopediae website (in Scandinavian, password needed)^{[permanent dead link&#;]}
^Gunnar Asplund, "Our architectonic thought of space", reproduced in "Swedish Grace: Modern classicalism in Stockholm", International Architect, No. 8, vol. 1, Iss.8, , pp.