Erik Gunnar Asplund
- Introduction
- Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930). Asplund was professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1931. His appointment was marked by a lecture, later published under the title "Our architectonic concept of space." The Woodland Crematorium at Stockholm South Cemetery (1935-1940) is considered his finest work and one of the masterpieces of modern architecture.
- Wikidata
- Q312070
- Introduction
- Asplund studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm between 1905 and 1909, then left for the Klara School, feeling the Institute too conservative. Throughout the teens and the first World War, he designed a variety of structures, including schools, storehouses, and tramsheds, with a style that was heavily influnced by Ragnar Östberg and French Neo-Classicism. Asplund frequently designed interiors and furniture as well. In 1930, with his designs for the Stockholm Exhibition, Asplund broke with classicism and began a Constructivist approach which, with that particular exhibit, began a Modernist movement in Sweden. Asplund designed cemetaries and crematoriums throughout his career.
- Nationalities
- Swedish, Scandinavian
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Designer, Landscape Architect
- Names
- Erik Gunnar Asplund, Gunnar Asplund, E. G. Asplund, Erik Gunnar
- Ulan
- 500011232
Exhibitions
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In Situ: Architecture and Landscape
Apr 8, 2009–Feb 22, 2010
MoMA
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75 Years of Architecture at MoMA
Nov 16, 2007–Mar 31, 2008
MoMA
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Architecture & Design Drawings: Rotation 3
Apr 29–Oct 23, 2006
MoMA
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Architecture and Design Drawings: Inaugural Installation
Nov 20, 2004–Mar 21, 2005
MoMA
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The Architecture of Gunnar Asplund
Jun 30–Oct 1, 1978
MoMA
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Erik Gunnar Asplund has
6 exhibitionsonline.
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation 1917
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation 1917
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Site plan 1917
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Ground-floor plan 1917
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Second-floor plan 1917
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Erik Gunnar Asplund, Sigurd Lewerentz Woodland Chapel, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Front perspective, sketch c.1918-1920
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Elevation of garden facade, sketch c. 1917
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of front of auditorium 1923
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of rear of auditorium 1923
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Plan of ground floor 1923
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Floor plan of mezzanine 1923
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Perspective of staircase Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Perspective of promenade Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of front facade Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of west facade Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Section Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Plan of first and second galleries Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Stockholm Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden (Elevation of advertising tower) 1930
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Exterior elevation 1936
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Plan of courtroom and section of desk Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Chapel, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Side elevation c. 1918-20
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: section and two exterior elevations 1935
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior elevation 1935
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior elevation 1935
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior elevation 1935
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior elevation and section 1935
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: Two sections 1935
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior perspective Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, First version: exterior perspective Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, First version: ground floor plan Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior-perspective study Unknown
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Erik Gunnar Asplund, Sigurd Lewerentz Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Site plan and section, final version 1937
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation of loggia 1937
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation, final version 1937
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Erik Gunnar Asplund Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation Unknown
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