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A torp (Swedish pronunciation:) is a type of cottage emblematic of the Swedish countryside. It comes from the Old Norse þorp. In modern usage, it is the classic Swedish summer house, a small cottage painted in Falu red and white, [1] and evidence of the way in which urbanization came quite late to all of Scandinavia.
A sod roof, or turf roof, is a traditional Scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century, it was the most common roof on rural log houses in Norway and large parts of the rest of Scandinavia.
13 Modern and Post-modern. 14 See also. 15 References. ... This list of house styles lists styles of vernacular architecture – i.e., outside any academic tradition ...
The Brooklyn Museum's 1954 "Design in Scandinavia" exhibition launched "Scandinavian Modern" furniture on the American market. [1]Scandinavian design is a design movement characterized by simplicity, minimalism and functionality that emerged in the early 20th century, and subsequently flourished in the 1950s throughout the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland.
Mid-century modern (MCM) is a movement in interior design, product design, graphic design, architecture and urban development that was present in all the world, but more popular in North America, Brazil and Europe from roughly 1945 to 1970 during the United States's post-World War II period.
In Scandinavia this architectural trend was called Functionalism (or colloquially in Sweden and Norway "funkis"). Modernism found many adherents among young architects, especially in Norway. Its definite breakthrough was the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930, after which the majority of architects all over Scandinavia converted to the modern ...
Turf house with a wooden gafli in Iceland.. Icelandic architecture changed in many ways in more than 1,000 years after the turf houses were being constructed. The first evolutionary step happened in the 14th century, when the Viking-style longhouses were gradually abandoned and replaced with many small and specialized interconnected buildings.
Design House Stockholm was founded in 1992 by Anders Färdig, [3] who had previously owned the brands Höganäs and Boda Nova. [4] Using his vast knowledge in design management from prior experience managing Boda Nova and Höganäs, [5] Färdig created a network of independent designers that remains the platform from which Design House Stockholm operates today. [2]