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Author:   Peter Blundell-Jones
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 25.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 29.00cm
Weight:   1.840kg
ISBN:  

9780714839769

ISBN 10:   0714839760
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 March 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The early years; Chapter 3: Travels in France and Italy 1913; early projects; Chapter 4: The Architecture of Death Part 1: The Enskede cemetery project; Chapter 5: A time of transition: Swedish Neoclassicism and scene-making; Chapter 6: Searching for a new direction: Stockholm City Library and Chancellery project; Chapter 7: Stockholm Exhibition 1930; the transition to Modernism; Chapter 8: Swedish Functionalism: the orthodox buildings; Chapter 9: Gothenburg Lawcourts 1913-37; Chapter 10: The Architecture of Death Part 2; Chapter 11: Wild and rustic: The legacy of National Romanticism; Chapter 12: An Evaluation; Notes; Bibliography; Worklist; Index

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'Will do the job of communicating Asplunds' work to a new audience wonderfully ... a faultless revelation of the truth of the buildings.' (AA Files (Architectural Association))

Author Information

Peter Blundell Jones is a Professor of Architecture at Sheffield University. In 1992 he was named Architectural Journalist of the Year for articles published in the Architects' Journal. He is author of Hans Scharoun, also published by Phaidon.

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