Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg: The Transformation of Public Architecture in Interwar Europe

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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1. Verfasser: Adams, Nicholas (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: University Park, PA Penn State University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies 9
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (288 Seiten) 152 illustrations
ISBN:9780271065205

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