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Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg : the transformation of public architecture in interwar Europe
- Title
- Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg : the transformation of public architecture in interwar Europe / Nicholas Adams.
- Author
- Adams, Nicholas, 1947-
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NA4475.S82 G673 2014 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxiii, 262 pages; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Explores the work of Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, focusing on his courthouse extension (1933-36) in the port city of Gothenburg. Places Asplund's building into the wider context of public architecture in Europe from 1900 to 1950"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Buildings, landscapes, and societies series ; 9
- Uniform Title
- Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 9.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : public architecture in the modern world -- Sweden : Gothenburg and its courthouse -- Asplund's multiple visions, 1913-1937 -- Asplund's building and modern law -- Asplund's reputation and the catastrophic reception -- Managing modernisms at home -- Public architecture after Asplund.
- ISBN
- 9780271059846 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271059842 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014005737
- 40024200906
- OCLC
- 881720154
- ocn881720154
- SCSB-5772384
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries