Category Archives: Sweden

Angel of Death

Woodland Chapel, Stockholm. See also…

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Way of …

Way of the Cross, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm

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Asplund/Woodland

Ideas for architectural representation No 2: Some of the greatest buildings encourage you to focus elsewhere, away from the building itself.

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Chapel of the Resurrection

Photoset

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St Mark, Bjorkhagen

St Mark, Bjorkhagen, Stockholm. Sigurd Lewerentz. St Mark, Bjorkhagen. Through the birch wood. St Mark is one of two brown brick churches completed by this architect in the ’50s and ’60s (the other is St Peter’s, Klippan). Like St Peter’s … Continue reading

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Klippan photoset

Church of St Peter, Klippan, Sweden. Sigurd Lewerentz 1963-1966. Photoset. Yes, it’s dark in there.

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Malmo sketch

Sigurd Lewerentz worked on the Malmo Eastern Cemetery from 1916 until 1969. The cemetery is the site of his final building. The first impression of the cemetery is disappointing – the initial impact of the Woodland Cemetery in Stockholm is … Continue reading

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Stockholm Library Competition

The open competition for the design of an extension to Asplund’s Stockholm City Library is still open for registrations (Swedish Association of Architects, free registration). The information for competitors is excellent, particularly the competition brief pdf which contains drawings, photographs … Continue reading

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Gothenburg

Lettering. Gothenburg Law Courts. Architect: Erik Gunnar Asplund, 1937. Photoset.

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The Last Building

The final building by Sigurd Lewerentz is a small flower stall completed in 1969 for Malmo East Cemetery. The original simple mono-pitch form has been recently extended. The original building is charming and elegant. It is sited parallel with the … Continue reading

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Stockholm Library

It is difficult to get a new angle on this classic building. The biggest surprise, to me, is its aloofness – the building stands back four-square, the main approach to the entrance obscured by commercial structures along the street. This … Continue reading

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Resurrection

Lewerentz. Chapel of the Resurrection, Woodland Cemetery. Photoset. Posted in Stockholm

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