Asplund architecture 1885-1940
Categories：Architecture
The hidden world of Scandinavian modernism.
Erik Gunnar Asplund was a master of modern architecture in Northern Europe who lived at the same time as Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. This book introduces the activities of an architect who spent a lifetime searching for ways to express the uniqueness of Sweden while continuing to provide his own answers to the challenges of modernity in Sweden, where architectural and artistic styles underwent various changes in the early 20th century, along with materials such as photographs, plans, and drawings. In contrast to Western Europe, which has abandoned its past and moved forward into modernity, Asplund's architecture reflects the spirit of a new era while adhering to tradition.Each of his works creates a comfortable space, and is full of architectural expressions that contain a deep insight into the fundamental nature of humanity that transcends time. In particular, Asplund's "Forest Crematorium'' (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), which he designed during his lifetime, is a work that expresses Asplund's views on life and death following the death of his son, and is a masterpiece that is rooted in human emotions and psychology and expresses the relationship between people, the environment, and architecture. This book also contains vivid photographs of 11 other major works, including houses, such as "Stockholm City Library'', "Skandia Cinema'', "Gothenburg Courthouse'', "National Institute of Bacteria'', and "Snellman House'' and "Summer House'', which have not been introduced much before.
The photographs are by Yukio Yoshimura, an architectural photographer who has been photographing Asplund's works for over 20 years, and they capture everything from the landscape to the details that Asplund was particular about. Additionally, a text by Asplund researcher Yoichi Kawashima sheds light on the relationship between architect Asplund's life and works. It also includes valuable plans and drawings owned by the Asplund Foundation and the Stockholm Museum of Architecture, and examines what Asplund was thinking and trying to create during the design process, based on the traces of his hands.
Yoichi Kawashima (author), Yukio Yoshimura (illustration)
About the author
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1885 September 22 Born in Stockholm, Sweden.
1905-09 Studied at the Department of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology.
1909-1910 Worked at L.I. Wahrman's design office.
1910 He entered the Royal College of Art, but soon left with his fellow students.
1910-11 Established "Clara School" with five friends and studied architecture under the guidance of top-class architects.
1912-13 Started independent design activities and won five design competitions.
1913-14 Visited Paris and Italy.
1915 Entered the "Stockholm South Cemetery" competition with Leverenz and won first prize.
1917-20 Served as editor-in-chief of Architecteur magazine.
1918 Married Yelda Selman.
1920 Eldest son Ulle passes away.
1928-30 Appointed chief architect of the Stockholm Exposition.
1931-40 Professor, Department of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology.
1934 Married again to Ingrid Kling.
1940 October 20th: Died of a heart attack in Stockholm.
Publisher: TOTO Publishing (2005/8/30)
Release date: 2005/8/30
Language: English
Hardcover: 270 pages
ISBN-10: 4887062575
ISBN-13: 978-4887062573
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