Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies. Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg : : The Transformation of Public Architecture in Interwar Europe / / Nicholas Adams.
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 c...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2015] ©2014 |
Godina izdanja: | 2015 |
Jezik: | English |
Serija: | Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies ;
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Opis: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 152 illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- A Note on Translation -- Introduction: Public Architecture in the Modern World -- Chapter 1. Sweden: Gothenburg and Its Courthouse -- Chapter 2. Asplund’s Multiple Visions, 1913–1937 -- Chapter 3. Asplund’s Building and Modern Law -- Chapter 4. Asplund’s Reputation and the Catastrophic Reception -- Chapter 5. Managing Modernisms at Home -- Chapter 6. Public Architecture After Asplund -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sažetak: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780271065205 9783110745252 |
Digitalni identifikator objekta: | 10.1515/9780271065205?locatt=mode:legacy |
Pristup: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Nicholas Adams. |