View of the Main Reading Room
STOCKHOLM PUBLIC LIBRARY
Eric Gunnar Asplund
Odensgatan, 57. Stockholm. 1928
Eric Gunnar Asplund is one of the most representative architects of the twentieth century Scandinavian culture. Would be influenced by the sensitivity of Modern Classicism called Nordic, although in its last stage would some works related to Rationalist style.
This library is one of his masterpieces would conceive as a monumental temple of culture. The symmetrical design and its distinctive drum that would become one of the icons of reference of the city. The most relevant, however, is its wonderful main reading room space that concentrates on a central focal point where users are located.
Photography: Yokio Yoshimura, EGA Foundation
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