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Stockholm’s Surrounding Areas
Tessinparken
(Arvid Stille; 1930 city plan by
Sture Frölén). Functionalist style
Stadsbiblioteket on a large scale was tested on the
(Erik Gunnar Asplund, 1920–28). The three-storey buildings on pillars at
City Library is Stockholm’s most
admired example of the 1920s Neo- Tessinparken (see p112.)
Classical style. The book hall has a
fascinating cylindrical shape and
many fine interior details (see p119.)
Söder Cottages
Wooden cottages for port workers
were built from the early 18th century.
Quite a few remain in the Söder area,
for example at Åsöberget and on
Fjällgatan (see p131.) 0 kilometres 5
0 miles 3
Drottningholm,
a World Heritage site, Globen Arena was
features ex quisite designed in a spectacular
buildings and parks spheric shape (see p135.)
dating from 1600 to
1880 (see pp146–9.) Skogskyrkogården Cemetery,
a World Heritage site, combines
landscape design and
architecture (see p135.)
Nordiska museet
(Isak Gustaf Clason, 1889–1907). This museum
Östermalm was conceived as a national monument to
Nordic cul ture. The impressive building in a
Scandinavian version of Renaissance style
is only one-fourth of its original planned
size (see pp92–3.)

Nybroviken
Djurgården
Skepps -
holmen

Strömmen

Södermalm

Moderna museet
(Rafael Moneo, 1995–8). The spacious Modern
Museum was designed to be novel yet not to
disturb the historically sensitive surroundings
of the island of Skeppsholmen (see pp82–3.)

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