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Stockholm Library Designs
Swedish building competition – Asplund Library Contest
12 Nov 2007
Asplund Architecture Competition
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Six Stockholm Library designs shortlisted Feb 2007, over 1,100 entries, images released Nov 2007:
Blanket
Book Hill
Cut
Delphinium
Dikthornan
Nosce te ipsum
Stockholm Library – winner: Delphinium
Stockholm Library Designs – Honorable Mentions:
left to right: Brass; Oz; Silent Hill; Temple Forum Warehouse
Asplund Library – Entry by JDS Architects
Location: Stockholm, Sweden, northeast Europe
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Halmstad Library
Design: schmidt hammer lassen
Swedish Library
Vaxjo Library, Småland, southern Sweden
Design: schmidt hammer lassen
Vaxjo Library
K:fem department store, Vällingby City, Stockholm
Design: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
Kfem Stockholm Store
Discussed by a committee of which Asplund himself was a member from 1918, a design scheme was proposed in 1922, and construction began in 1924. Partly inspired by the Barrière Saint-Martin (Rotonde de la Villette) by Claude Nicolas Ledoux.
Stockholm Public Library was Sweden’s first public library to apply the principle of open shelves where visitors could access books without the need to ask library staff for assistance, a concept Asplund studied in the United States during the construction of the library. All the furnishings in all the rooms were designed for their specific positions and purposes.
Officially opened in 1928 in the presence of Prince Eugen, due to financial constraints the library was still missing its west wing which was only added in 1932 to complete the approximately square base around the rotunda of the main reading room. Stockholm Public Library is one of Asplund’s most important works and illustrates his gradual shift from classicism to functionalism.
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