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Acceptera, the Glossary

acceptera (1931) is a Swedish modern architecture manifesto written by architects Gunnar Asplund, Wolter Gahn, Sven Markelius, Eskil Sundahl, Uno Åhrén, and art historian Gregor Paulsson.^[1]

19 relations: Edvard Westermarck, Form follows function, Functionalism (architecture), Gunnar Asplund, Gunnar Myrdal, International Style, Lewis H. Morgan, Modern architecture, Moisei Ginzburg, Ornament and Crime, Photomontage, Robert Briffault, Stockholm Exhibition (1930), Stockholm Public Library, Sven Markelius, Swedish Social Democratic Party, Toward an Architecture, Uno Åhrén, Urban planning.
1931 documents
1931 in Sweden
Art manifestos
Functionalist architecture

Edvard Westermarck

Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 in Helsinki – 3 September 1939 in Tenala) was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist.

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Form follows function is a principle of design associated with late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and industrial design in general, which states that the shape of a building or object should primarily relate to its intended function or purpose.

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Functionalism (architecture)

In architecture, functionalism is the principle that buildings should be designed based solely on their purpose and function. Acceptera and functionalism (architecture) are functionalist architecture.

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Gunnar Asplund

Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930).

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Gunnar Myrdal

Karl Gunnar Myrdal (6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist.

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International Style

The International Style or internationalism is a major architectural style that developed in the 1920s and 1930s and was closely related to modernism and modernist architecture.

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Lewis H. Morgan

Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.

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Moisei Ginzburg

Moisei Yakovlevich Ginzburg (Майсей Якаўлевіч Гінзбург, Моисей Яковлевич Гинзбург; – 7 January 1946) was a Soviet constructivist architect, best known for his 1929 Narkomfin Building in Moscow.

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Ornament and Crime

"Ornament and Crime" is an essay and lecture by modernist architect Adolf Loos that criticizes ornament in useful objects.

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Photomontage

Photomontage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image.

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Robert Briffault

Robert Stephen Briffault (1874 – 11 December 1948) was a French surgeon who found fame as a social anthropologist and later in life as a novelist.

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Stockholm Exhibition (1930)

The Stockholm Exhibition (in Swedish, Stockholmsutställningen) was an exhibition held in 1930 in Stockholm, Sweden, that had a great impact on the architectural styles known as Functionalism and International Style. Acceptera and Stockholm Exhibition (1930) are functionalist architecture.

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Stockholm Public Library

Stockholm Public Library (Swedish: Stockholms stadsbibliotek or Stadsbiblioteket) is a library building in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund, and one of the city's most notable structures.

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Sven Markelius

Sven Gottfrid Markelius (25 October 1889 – 24 February 1972) was a Swedish modernist architect.

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The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti, S or SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna), is a social democratic political party in Sweden.

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Toward an Architecture

Vers une architecture, recently translated into English as Toward an Architecture but commonly known as Towards a New Architecture after the 1927 translation by Frederick Etchells, is a collection of essays written by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture. Acceptera and Toward an Architecture are architecture books.

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Uno Åhrén

Uno Åhrén (6 August 1897 – 8 October 1977) was a Swedish architect and city planner, and a leading proponent of functionalism in Sweden.

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Urban planning

Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning in specific contexts, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks, and their accessibility.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptera