CLASSICAL SWEDISH ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS 1650-1840.

Author: Cederlund, Johan
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 270
Illustrations: 210 Color Illustrations. 24 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Clothbound with Jacket
Size: 10”x 9”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9780393731729
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 5960

Price: $60.00

This beautiful, often breathtakingly lavish architecture and interiors of Sweden between the 1600s and the early 1800s have been among the art world’s best-kept secrets. Overshadowed by the high-profile splendors of Italy and France, and studied and chronicled almost entirely in Swedish, Sweden’s majestic palaces, stately manor houses, and tapestry-like gardens have seemed as remote as the Nordic country itself. Art historian Cederlund introduces the genius of Sweden’s architects, designers, and builders in this book. Presented are such path breakers as Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Carl Hårleman and the ambitious, discerning monarchs and aristocrats who commissioned their work. Learn how Sweden’s architects and designers mined antique and contempoary southern Europe for styles, techniques, and even artisans: how such marvels as the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Drottningholm, King Gustav III’s beloved Haga took shape and acquired their uniquely Swedish stamp. Step into the rich interiors where Sweden’s kings and their consorts received state visitors, stored and displayed treasures, wrote letters and studied science, and laid their heads to sleep. Plans and elevations included.

CLOSE TO STOCKHOLM.

Author: Claes Dymling, ed
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 1993
No. of pages: 136
Illustrations: 95 full Color Illustrations. 101 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 24”x 17”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9179880967
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 0006

Price: $39.50

The whole city in a hand-painted panorama by Magdalena Korotynska. A guide to 160 buildings that are worth a visit, by Karin Winter. 110 photographs by Gösta Glase. Alphabetical index to streets and buildings.

COMPLETE GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURE IN STOCKHOLM, THE.

Author: Hultin, Olof, ed
Country: SWEDEN
Language: English
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 335
Illustrations: 549 Color Illustrations. 332 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2” x 5”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 918605063x
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 5854

Price: $75.00

Over 400 buildings, from Stockholm’s earliest history to the present day, are presented with new color photographs, drawings and analytical texts. With its detailed maps, the book is an invaluable guide to have at hand when exploring the fantastic architectural treasures to be found in Stockholm and its surroundings. This revised and updated edition also includes a seperate chapter for the most important buildings from the period 1999-2004. Plans and elevations included.

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE FINLAND.

Author: Alici, Antonello
Country: Italy
Language: English/ Italian
Year Published: 2010
No. of pages: 176
Illustrations: 136 Color Illustrations. 88 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10 1/2”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9788861161177
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 6719

Price: $29.50

This book opens with an introduction written by a leading author in the history of the architectural culture of Finland. The introductory essay will summarize the architectural history of the area beginning after World War II to the most recent research. The book's following pages will present a selection, carefully made by the author, of about 40 works most representative of architectural pursuits of recent decades, all pertaining to the geographic area at hand. Every building is introduced by a descriptive summary and a select choice of images, photographs and sketches. Some architectural firms included: Heikkinen & Komonen, Kaira-Lahdelma-Mahlamäki, LPR Architects, Steven H oll, Helander-Leviskä Architects, Tuomo Siitonen Architects, Juhani Pallasmaa; Helin & Co; Marja-Riitta Norri, Ari Sahlman - Kirsi Gullichsen - Aki Davidson among many more. Plans and elevations are included.

CONTEMPORARY CALIFORNIA HOUSES. Frank Gehry: Schnabel House. Eric Owen Moss: Lawson-Westen House. Franklin D. Israel: Drager House.

Author: Steele, James
Country: London
Language: English
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 184
Illustrations: 35 Color Illustrations. 243 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Cloth Spine
Size: 12”sq
Weight: 4.00
ISBN: 9780714838717
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 5496

Price: $39.50

These houses have become almost an architectual cliché - houses intended as personal statements of the owner or architect, inextricably linked with the concept of “modern” and noted for their unrestrained imagination. The fact that California is the home of the movie industry further exaggerates the prominence of the California house, making it even more emblematic and larger than life. The three houses - Frank Gehry’s Schnabel House, Eric Owen Moss’s Lawson-Westen House, and Franklin D. Israel design for Sharon Drager - are somehow all beyond imagination and yet quite real, stretching the definition of a house, and yet lived in by real people. Plans and elevations included.