This book explores five holiday homes designed by Stockholm architect Mikael Bergquist over two decades in the Swedish landscape. Rooted in Nordic wooden building traditions, the homes showcase Bergquist's attention to detail and material selection. They emphasize a strong connection to nature, enhanced by thoughtful spatial design. The book includes new photographs, plans, and an essay reflecting on the unique challenges of practicing architecture in Europe's periphery.
Als Vordenker und Kritiker der Moderne prägte Josef Frank nicht nur die Wiener
Kultur der zwanziger Jahre. Auch in Schweden, wo seine Entwürfe bis heute von
der Firma Svenskt Tenn produziert werden, nahm er entscheidend Einfluss auf
den modernen 'skandinavischen Stil'. Der Schwerpunkt dieses Buches liegt auf
dem Spätwerk Franks: vorgestellt werden seine späten, nicht realisierten
Bauprojekte sowie seine zeitlosen Möbel und Stoffentwürfe.
A documentation of Villa Carlsten on the Falsterbo peninsula in southern
Sweden, designed by Austrian-born architect Josef Frank in 1926-27. Lavishly
illustrated in colour throughout, highlights the building's outstanding
qualities and puts it in context with Frank's other work in architecture.
Josef Frank (1885–1967) is a pivotal figure in twentieth-century European architecture, renowned for his contributions to modernist interior design through his furniture and textile designs. While previous studies have focused on his architectural work, this book uniquely centers on Frank’s single-family houses. Architects Mikael Bergquist and Olof Michelsen delve into the evolution of Frank’s residential designs, examining influences such as Adolf Loos’s “spatial plan,” Le Corbusier’s concepts, and Hermann Muthesius’s influential book, The English House. They also analyze Frank’s architectural ideas regarding movement and the role of stairs in homes. The book features an in-depth look at six of Frank’s residences, including completed projects like Villas Claeson and Wehtje in Falsterbo, Sweden, and Villa Beer in Vienna, alongside unrealized designs such as House for Vienna XIII and House MS in Los Angeles. This section is enriched with images, plans, and detailed analyses of each house's characteristics. A comprehensive catalog of Frank’s single-family homes concludes the work. With new insights and previously unpublished visuals, this book serves as an authoritative resource on Frank’s impact on residential design.
