Seventeen Swedish Embassies built 1959-2006
By: [photography, Ake E:son Lindman ; text, Hedvig Hedqvist ; edited by Elisabet Lorenz Werner, Eva Rosander]
Contributors: Rosander, Eva Evers; Lorenz Werner, Elisabet
Publisher: Votum Förlag
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Karlstad
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9789185815463
Subjects: Embassy buildings; Pictorial works; Public buildings; Modern Architecture; Architects; Swedish Architecture
Description: With the book "Seventeen Swedish Embassies built 1959-2006" the National Property Board Sweden (SFV) opens the doors to 17 of Sweden's embassies and ambassador's residences designed by Swedish architects. Design writer Hedvig Hedqvist and photographer Åke E:son Lindman take us from one continent to another, where the aim is for Swedish values to be brought to life in equal measure in different cultures - a challenge for developers, architects and interior designers. The book is an updated version of "Fourteen Swedish Embassies built 1959-99" which was published in 2001. Three new chapters tell the story of the latest buildings: the ambassador's residence in Pretoria, the ambassador's residence in Santiago de Chile and the incredibly popular House of Sweden in Washington DC. The Swedish embassies are part of Sweden's cultural heritage abroad - here for you to explore!