absent asplund, stockholm august 2005

absent asplund, stockholm august 2005, originally uploaded by seier+seier+seier.

skogskrematoriet, woodland cemetery, stockholm
architect erik gunnar asplund 1937-1940

asplund is the father figure of the nordic masters...arne jacobsen followed, alvar aalto reinterpreted, utzon rebelled, lewerentz finally opposed.

asplund himself died too young and thus delivered the ultimate father figure trump: being absent...