Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Plan of courtroom and section of desk
Erik Gunnar Asplund
Swedish, 1885–1940
Unknown
This ink-on-paper architectural drawing by Erik Gunnar Asplund depicts the plan and a section of a curved courtroom and judge’s desk for the Law Courts Annex in Gothenburg, intended to resolve circulation, sightlines, and functional relationships within the room.
You’d first notice the elegant, continuous curve of the courtroom rendered in fine, measured ink lines—like a miniature amphitheater—paired with a small, precisely drawn sectional detail and spare handwritten labels that translate design thinking into built form.
Made by a key figure in Swedish modernism, the drawing shows how careful, human-scaled drafting translated modernist principles into civic architecture, influencing how public interiors were organized for use and ceremony.
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
15 1/2 x 20 1/8" (39.4 x 51.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Richard S. Zeisler, Richard Kahan, and purchase
Accession
51.1990
Palette
Art Terms
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