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Book SynopsisNordic Classicism presents the first English-language survey of an important yet short-lived movement in modern architectural history. It was through the Nordic classical movement that Scandinavian architecture first attracted international attention. It was the Nordic Pavilions, rather than Le Corbusier's modernism, which generated most admiration at the 1925 World Fair, and it was the Nordic classical architects including Gunnar Asplund, Sigurd Lewerentz, and Alvar Aalto who went on to establish Scandinavia's reputation for modern design. Yet this brief classsical movement was quickly eclipsed by the rise of international modernism, and has often been overlooked in architectural studies. The book explores the lives and works of various key contributors to Nordic classicism with eleven chapters each focussing on a different architect and on one of the period's outstanding works (including the Stockholm Central Library, the Resurrection Chapel, and the Woodland Cemetery).
Trade ReviewI have put this book on my students' core reading list. And they like it, drawn in by the author's obvious admiration of—and professional insight into—the works he presents. * Scandinavian Studies *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 - From National Romanticism to Modernism Chapter 2 - Carl Petersen (The Faaborg Museum, Funen, Denmark) Chapter 3 - Sigurd Lewerentz (The Resurrection Chapel, Stockholm, Sweden) Chapter 4 - Marti Valikangas (Puu Kapyla Housing, Helsinki, Finland) Chapter 5 - Ivar Tengbom (The Matchstick Palace, Stockholm, Sweden) Chapter 6 - Oiva Kallio (Villa Oivala, Helsinki, Finland) Chapter 7 - Edvard Thomsen (Oregard School, Copenhagen, Denark) Chaoter 8 - Alvar Aalto (Jyvaskyla Workers Club, Jyvaskyla, Finland) Chapter 9 - Hack Kampmann (Copenhagen Police Headquarters, Denmark) Chapter 10 - JS Siren (The Finnish Parliament House, Helsinki, Finland) Chapter 11 - Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz (The Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden) Bibliography Index
