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Feb 17th 2010
After picking up the hire car our first stop was 10km down the road at Jukkasjarvi to visit the world famous Ice Hotel.
It was truely amazing and the room, especially the Art Rooms, were so intricately carved. My favourite room was Gotham on Ice (because I like architecture and liked the architectural carving rather than being a fan of Batman!). Average cost of a room seems to be around £300 a night but you aren't expected to sleep as it's too cold.
We stopped for a drink (non-alcholic costed £5 each) at the Absolut sponsored Ice Bar. The drink came in an ice glass and we chose 4 different colours (although the general consensus was that the red one wasn't too nice, and the blue one tasted too much of ice pops or WKD Blue sans alcohol).
After visiting the hotel and having a drink in the Absolut bar we went to the Ice Church. That was really pretty. Some people in our hotel were getting married there later in the week. Quick check on the internet found that they were paying over £2k for the ceremony, plus the extra costs of the guests. Must've been a chilly wedding! Hope she got a thermal dress. We were cold in coats, jumpers and thermal tops wandering about the hotel!
After the Ice Hotel, bar and church we needed warming up so headed inside to the Ice Hotel cafe. Modern, wooden building serves as the booking area, restaurant, inside bar etc. Had a lovely hot chocolate to warm us up.
We had bought lunch at the ICA supermarket so we made sandwiches as we drove to our next destination at Abisko National Park.
This is the private villa and atelier of the architect Ralph Erskine.It was designed and built by himself and stood ready in 1963. After his death in 2005 it was declared a national architectural memorial. It is still owned by the family, there are plans to make it into a museum.
Light, I stand in dark room
Painting Gallery of Philip Johnson is between the glass house and the sculpture gallery. All rooms are allowed to walk into. The folding walls are to change the exhibited painting. almost paintings are bigger than human. Some are 3 dimension by putting the object on the painting. Most of them are abstract rather than realistic. Or realistic like, but the menaing is still abstract.
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How to come to Philip Johnson Tour, including
Glass House Study, Lake, Da Monsta, painting gallery and Lincoln Kirstein Tower
you can order ticket online at
If you are in New York City, you can go there by train; take Metro North railroad to Stamford, and transfer to another train to New Canaan. The visitor center of Philip Johnson Glass House is just across the street from the train station.
It is on the edge of Connecticut.
Skogskyrkogården: Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm
Heliga Korsets Kapell: Holy Cross Chapel
Gunnar Asplund, 1940
2010-12-31 New Years Eve and my last photo and upload for this year.
Happy new year and thanks to everyone for 2010!
Early work of Sigurd Lewerentz when he was 31 years old.
Cementary Östra kyrkogården in malmö.
Actually we walked from the central station to the cementary which was kind of hard........but then...........
Rådhuset in Trelleborg.
HDR from one RAW file.
30D w/ EF-S 10-22mm.
more on my blog -> pblog.cutback.org/index.php?showimage=254
Architect: Brf Urban Villor by architect SAR / MSA Cord Siegel and architect MSA Pontus Åqvist (responsible architects).
Participating: Architect MAA Ulrika Connheim. Responsible landscape: Karin Larsson. Associated Landscape Architects: Landscape architect LAR / MSA Niels de Bruin, landscape architect LAR / MSA Magnus Svensson and Ola Nielsen.
Built in: 2009
Facts
Area: 1200 m², (five apartments and two townhouses)
Awards
Kasper Salin Prize winner in 2009
The Kasper Salin Prize (Swedish Kasper Salinpriset) is a prize awarded annually by the Swedish Association of Architects to a Swedish building or building project "of high architectural standard". It has been awarded since 1962 and was founded with money from a donation by the city architect of Stockholm Kasper Salin (1856-1919). It is considered the most prestigious architectural prize in Sweden.
The Stockholm Palace or the Royal Palace is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch, built in 1760 in the Baroque style. The palace has two courtyards.
The Outer Courtyard, which is the main area for the changing of the guards, is enclosed by two curved wings.
The western row, or the western facade, represents "The Male Qualities" and the King.
In the frontispiece of the western facade between the windows there are ten female characters called caryatids. The caryatids of the palace are Rococo inspired pilasters in the shape of women, made by the French artist Charles Guillaume Cousin of Gotlandic sandstone in 1744.
Stockholm, 2002.
Old small file revisited.
Architect: Hans Asplund
Built in: 1957
Client:
Sweden´s newest historical building is the Eslöv Civic Hall (Medborgarhuset), which achieved this status in 2001. In architectural circles the Civic Hall in Eslöv is known as the most ambitious building in Sweden in the post-war period. The Eslöv Civic Hall is one of the most remarkable Modernist buildings in Scandinavia.
It was 1947 when the young, newly-qualified architect Hans Asplund´s proposal won the competition to design Eslöv´s Civic Hall, which was built and completed in 1957. The basic idea and the detailing bear the imprint of contemporary international trends and of inspiration from the work of his father, Eric Gunnar Asplund. The Civic Hall is now a meeting place for a wide range of both business and cultural activities. It has been comprehensively restored and its meticulous workmanship, treatment of materials and original color scheme reinstated.
The Civic Hall in Eslöv was rewarded in 2006 with the third prize - a diploma, from EU's cultural heritage organization, Europa Nostra.
More of Hans Asplund’s work
Old City Hall in Handen now stands a little higher with two new stories added. The huge crane used for the construction was removed earlier in the week.
Architect: Sven Markelius and Uno Åhrén (extension by Bengt Lindroos)
Built in: 1928-1930
Client: The Student Union at the Royal Institute of Technology
The student union was founded on 26 November 1901. The union building Nymble was designed by leading Swedish modernists Uno Åhrén and Sven Markelius in 1928 and inaugurated in 1930; it is significant as one of the first examples of modernist architecture in Sweden and has status as a listed building. In the 1970s, a significant extension was made with Bengt Lindroos as an architect.
Architect: Hans Asplund
Built in: 1957
Client:
Sweden´s newest historical building is the Eslöv Civic Hall (Medborgarhuset), which achieved this status in 2001. In architectural circles the Civic Hall in Eslöv is known as the most ambitious building in Sweden in the post-war period. The Eslöv Civic Hall is one of the most remarkable Modernist buildings in Scandinavia.
It was 1947 when the young, newly-qualified architect Hans Asplund´s proposal won the competition to design Eslöv´s Civic Hall, which was built and completed in 1957. The basic idea and the detailing bear the imprint of contemporary international trends and of inspiration from the work of his father, Eric Gunnar Asplund. The Civic Hall is now a meeting place for a wide range of both business and cultural activities. It has been comprehensively restored and its meticulous workmanship, treatment of materials and original color scheme reinstated.
The Civic Hall in Eslöv was rewarded in 2006 with the third prize - a diploma, from EU's cultural heritage organization, Europa Nostra.
More of Hans Asplund’s work
Architect: Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975),
Brutalist architecture,
Built in 1969
On the outskirts of the Eastern Cemetery (Östra kyrkogården) in Malmö is a brutal flower shop (blomsterkiosk) in concrete, built in 1969. The building has no gutters and the windows are secured with black grout.
Architect Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) designed the house at the end of his life when he was over eighty years old. The building is his most stripped and extreme. People from all over the world comes to the shop to study Lewerentz solutions and work.
The Eastern Cemetery is famous for its design and beauty far beyond Swedens borders. The Cemetery was created by the architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who from 1916 until his death in 1975 was engaged in the cemetery's various stages of development. After a contest Lewerentz was chosen to design the cemetery and the related buildings.
More information about The Eastern Cemetary in Swedish.
More pictures of Sigurd Lewerentz’ work
Images of other architects' works
Architect: Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975),
Brutalist architecture,
Built in 1969
On the outskirts of the Eastern Cemetery (Östra kyrkogården) in Malmö is a brutal flower shop (blomsterkiosk) in concrete, built in 1969. The building has no gutters and the windows are secured with black grout.
Architect Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) designed the house at the end of his life when he was over eighty years old. The building is his most stripped and extreme. People from all over the world comes to the shop to study Lewerentz solutions and work.
The Eastern Cemetery is famous for its design and beauty far beyond Swedens borders. The Cemetery was created by the architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who from 1916 until his death in 1975 was engaged in the cemetery's various stages of development. After a contest Lewerentz was chosen to design the cemetery and the related buildings.
More information about The Eastern Cemetary in Swedish.
More pictures of Sigurd Lewerentz’ work
Images of other architects' works
Skogskyrkogården: Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm
Heliga Korsets Kapell: Holy Cross Chapel
Gunnar Asplund, 1940
Architect: Bengt Edman (1921-2000)
Built in: 1964-71
Builder: Akademiska Föreningen, Lund
When the Student Housing Sparta was built it was considered to be a bit out of town and was only surrounded by a few houses and fields. Then it was mostly students who visited Sparta. Now it is in the heart of the new Lund with the research village Ideon, the Hospital of Lund and the University as nearest neighbors.
Sparta is one of architect Bengt Edman’s buildings that are typical of the time. Sparta is considered as one of Lund's architectural treasures because of its exciting 70th century style. The building is characterized by attention to detail, lighting and materials.
Bengt Edman won his first architectural prize in 1950 for Villa Göth in Uppsala. Villa Bergh in Vellinge, built in 1965, represents the essence of Edman's simple architectural style, often called brutalism. 1962 was Bengt Edman employed as professor at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University and in 1968 he won the Kasper Salin Prize for the Student Housing, Vildanden, in Lund. Shortly after, the controversial Sparta was built, a model building for the brutalism brick architecture.
More pictures of Bengt Edman’s work
Images of other architects' works
Sodertorn tower, near Medborgarplatsen, Sodermalm island, Stockholm. Designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill
Architect: Sven Markelius and Uno Åhrén (extension by Bengt Lindroos)
Built in: 1928-1930
Client: The Student Union at the Royal Institute of Technology
The student union was founded on 26 November 1901. The union building Nymble was designed by leading Swedish modernists Uno Åhrén and Sven Markelius in 1928 and inaugurated in 1930; it is significant as one of the first examples of modernist architecture in Sweden and has status as a listed building. In the 1970s, a significant extension was made with Bengt Lindroos as an architect.
Architect: Peter Celsing (1920-1974), Culture House opened in 1974. Brutalist low-rise with long glazed façade on this Sergel's Square elevation and a stark concrete-panelled rear. Norrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Architect: Gunnar Asplund
Built in: 1919-1921
Builder:
The courthouse was designed 1919. The relatively small building has essentially only one significant facing, the broad gable facing with its segment shaped glass section that frames in the entrance door, has a connection to the older station structure, which is placed at the end of the extended alley. The purpose of this particular placement was to create a monumental and dignified environment.
The Architects; Collection
Shot from Uppsala Castle Yard. I didn't bring a tripod, so I had to use ISO 2500 and use my car as support.
Architect: Brf Urban Villor by architect SAR / MSA Cord Siegel and architect MSA Pontus Åqvist (responsible architects).
Participating: Architect MAA Ulrika Connheim. Responsible landscape: Karin Larsson. Associated Landscape Architects: Landscape architect LAR / MSA Niels de Bruin, landscape architect LAR / MSA Magnus Svensson and Ola Nielsen.
Built in: 2009
Facts
Area: 1200 m², (five apartments and two townhouses)
Awards
Kasper Salin Prize winner in 2009
The Kasper Salin Prize (Swedish Kasper Salinpriset) is a prize awarded annually by the Swedish Association of Architects to a Swedish building or building project "of high architectural standard". It has been awarded since 1962 and was founded with money from a donation by the city architect of Stockholm Kasper Salin (1856-1919). It is considered the most prestigious architectural prize in Sweden.
Still lost...
Evidently I am shooting from the film location where Mikael Blomkvist , the main character from the Steig Larsson book , "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was to have lived.