Stockholm City Library at Observatorielunden. Designed by Gunnar Asplund and inaugurated in 1928. Architecturally, the building can be classified as Nordic Classicism.‹›
Stockholm Public Library

Gunnar Asplund

Exterior · Stockholm Municipality, Sweden · 1928

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Stockholm City Library at Observatorielunden. Designed by Gunnar Asplund and inaugurated in 1928. Architecturally, the building can be classified as Nordic Classicism.

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