erik gunnar asplund

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Definition of erik gunnar asplund in English English dictionary

born Sept. 22, 1885, Stockholm, Swed. died Oct. 20, 1940, Stockholm Swedish architect. His work shows the historically important transition from Neoclassical architecture to Modernism. By 1928, influenced by Le Corbusier, he had turned from a retrospective style to a new vision for architecture. He planned the Stockholm Exposition of 1930, a place of futuristic, glassy pavilions that had a significant influence on subsequent exhibition architecture. His Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm (1935-40), with its spare Neoclassical colonnade surrounded by meadows, is admired by Classicists and Modernists alike

Hyphenation

Er·ik Gun·nar asplund

Turkish pronunciation

erîk gʌnır äsplınd

Pronunciation

/ˈerək ˈgənər ˈasplənd/ /ˈɛrɪk ˈɡʌnɜr ˈæsplənd/