Seelow AM (2024)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article
Publication year: 2024
Publisher: ETH Zürich
City/Town: Zürich, Schweiz
Pages Range: 20–39
Conference Proceedings Title: Essays from the 2nd International Symposium on the Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund
Event location: Stockholm, Schweden
ISBN: 978-3-907363-70-6
Open Access Link: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000679509
Modern Architecture in the Nordic countries is not the result of a revolution following World War One and the corresponding Avantgarde Movements.
On the one hand they are the result of certain local developments, a gradual abstraction of Nordic Classicism and some rationalisation efforts. On the other hand they are heavily shaped by the reception of Modernism on the European continent and its transfer to the North in the later half of the 1920s. In this context, the Stockholm Exhibition and Acceptera are of special significance. They focus the various efforts and contribute significantly to the breakthrough of Modernism in Sweden as well as in the other Nordic countries. This presentation focuses on one prominent aspect: Compared to other exhibitions and manifestos, Gunnar Asplund and the other architects of the Stockholm Exhibition 1930 and authors of Acceptera present not only a very comprehensive vision for modernizing architecture, urbanism and the arts and crafts, but also a new society.
APA:
Seelow, A.M. (2024). From ›Beauty and Festivity‹ to ›Accept the Reality‹ — the Comprehensive Modern Vision of the Stockholm Exhibition 1930 and Acceptera. In Patrick Fleming, Petronella Mill (Eds.), Essays from the 2nd International Symposium on the Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund (pp. 20–39). Stockholm, Schweden: Zürich, Schweiz: ETH Zürich.
MLA:
Seelow, Atli Magnus. "From ›Beauty and Festivity‹ to ›Accept the Reality‹ — the Comprehensive Modern Vision of the Stockholm Exhibition 1930 and Acceptera." Proceedings of the The 2nd International Symposium on the Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund, Stockholm, Schweden Ed. Patrick Fleming, Petronella Mill, Zürich, Schweiz: ETH Zürich, 2024. 20–39.
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