Architecture and Retrenchment: Neoliberalization of the Swedish Model Across Aesthetics and Space, 1968-1994

by Helena Mattsson

Shortlisted for the Architects Sweden Critic's Award 2023

Architecture and Retrenchment explores the 'neoliberal turn' in architecture, through the rise and fall of the Swedish welfare state.

There are few better case studies of architecture's role in the retrenchment and dismantling of the welfare state than Sweden, the birthplace of the world-famous "Swedish Model" and now home to Europe's fastest-growing inequality. Through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350365688
• ISBN13: 9781350365681
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"