Because of its function as a public institution and its unique architectural qualities, Stockholm Public Library today stands as an early manifestation of Nordic welfare building. Keywords: Design process; Erik Gunnar Asplund; Libraries; Nordic classicism; Nordic welfare system; Ornamentation; Public ...
In fact, access to work can easily be attained during the school areas, at home, or in the library. Unlimited Users The truth is that there is no particular limit as far as the number of users that can be included in GAFE. Every student can easily create his or her personalized ...
Although far less famous than his Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm City Library or Gothenburg Law Courts, Gunnar Asplund's National Bacteriological Laboratories at Solna occupy a special place in his work, epitomising his short-lived functionalist phase. Dedicated, in the period before antibiotics, to ...
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Gunnar Asplund's Stockholm Public Library is anexample of careful thinking about how a building is daylighted and how meaningful space is organized around it.Asplund's understanding of daylight and the Nordic sky resulted in his substitution of a flat ceilinged cylinder for hisfirst, glazed dome...
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...
古尔纳·阿斯普朗德（Gunnar Asplund，1885年9月22日-1940年），建筑师。人物经历 阿斯普朗德于1885年9月22日出生于瑞典的斯德哥尔摩，在1918年与Gerda Sellman结婚，但后来就离婚，于1934与Ingrid Katarina Kling再婚，1905—1909年间在斯德哥尔摩的皇家科技学院（Royal Instutide Technology）学习建筑，在于1910—1911年...