The Iconic Nordic Home is a triumphant survey of a number of the most spectacular homes constructed within the final century, taking the reader on a journey from Carl and Karin Larsson’s eccentrically vibrant and heat Arts and Crafts domesticity by way of to the gravity-defying panorama artefacts that outline the Scandinavian home within the trendy period.
Villa Sagalid, 2018, Sandell Sandberg, Djurö, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden
(Picture credit score: @2026 Richard Powers)
Villa Holme, 1998, Sverre Fehn, Holmsbu, Norway
(Picture credit score: @2026 Richard Powers)
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Written by indefatigable chronicler of latest structure and Wallpaper* contributor Dominic Bradbury, with all-new images by his common collaborator Richard Powers, The Iconic Nordic Home options 40 defining tasks from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, in addition to properties situated on Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
Villa Mairea, 1939, Alvar Aalto, Noormarkku, Finland
(Picture credit score: @2026 Richard Powers)
Skigard Hytte, 2019, Mork-Ulnes, Kvitfjell, Norway
(Picture credit score: @2026 Richard Powers)
Nordic design by no means actually misplaced its inspirational energy, and the assembled buildings present why. From Carlsson and Josef Frank, by way of Gunnar Asplund, Eliel Saarinen, Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Jørn Utzon, Sverre Fehn, Finn Juhl and extra, the e book consists of a number of the best-known examples of residential design by these influential Twentieth-century architects. Bradbury traces the origins of those key tasks and interviews lots of the up to date architects.
Jacobsen Home, 2019, Ósbjørn Jacobsen Syðrugøta, FaroeIslands
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Futuro Home, 1968, Matti Suuronen, WeeGee Exhibition Centre, Espoo, Finland
(Picture credit score: @2026 Richard Powers)
Panorama performs simply as a lot a artistic function because the architects, with tasks alternatively hunkering down and being absorbed by their environment or standing tall and contrasting with the wilderness. Each approaches might be discovered within the e book, from Matti Suuronen’s pop icon, the Futuro Home, to Studio Granda’s Hof Home in Iceland, a low-lying assemblage of inexperienced roofs, weathered oak and darkish volcanic stone.
Star Lodge, 2023, Snøhetta, The Bolder, Forsand, Norway
(Picture credit score: ©2026 Richard Powers)
PAN Cabin Three, 2018, Espen Surnevik, Åsnes, Norway
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It will take a coronary heart of stone to not determine a single private home dream area inside these pages, testomony to each the photographic craftsmanship of powers and the enduring high quality of those forty examples of distinctive, idiosyncratic design.
Fleinvær Refugium, 2017, Rintala Eggertsson & Tyin Tegnestue, Fleinvær, Norway
(Picture credit score: @2026 Richard Powers)
Manshausen Sea Cabins, 2015, Snorre Stinessen, Manhausen Island, Norway
(Picture credit score: @2026 Richard Powers)
‘The Iconic Nordic Home: Trendy Masterworks since 1900,’ Dominic Bradbury, with pictures by Richard Powers, £50/$65, ThamesandHudsonUSA.com
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