The Swedish House Book

The traditions of residential design in Sweden are inseparable from the history of the country itself and from the history of construction in Scandinavia. This gloriously illustrated volume presents historic wood houses--magnificent castles, simple cottages, stately domiciles, rectories, seaside bathing huts, barns, and sawmills--from the seventeenth century to the present. Also shown in detail are wooden churches and even entire towns built of wood. Among the buildings featured are a farmhouse on the Sörby country estate dating from the second half of the seventeenth century; the childhood home and the adult estate, Hammarby, of the influential botanist Linnaeus (complete with lecture pulpit and specimen collection cabinet); and Gunnebo, a lavish wooden interpretation of an Italian villa built for wealthy merchant John Hall. A celebration of the beauty of wood in bygone houses and a source of design inspiration, The Swedish House captures the special qualities of a unique building practice.Read More