Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg: The Transformation of Public Architecture in Interwar Europe

by Nicholas Adams and Nicholas Adams

In the west coast port city of Gothenburg, Sweden, the architect Gunnar Asplund built a modest extension to an old courthouse on the main square (1934-36). Judged today to be one of the finest works of modern architecture, the courthouse extension was immediately the object of a negative newspaper campaign led by one of the most noted editors of the day, Torgny Segerstedt. Famous for his determined opposition to National Socialism, he also took...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271059842
• ISBN13: 9780271059846
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.2" x 10.3"