Images
Robin Boyd’s travel slides illustrate places that caught his eye in Nordic architecture and urbanism. The 80 images below can be sorted below by some of Boyd’s key interests - civic architecture, historic buildings and housing. Those marked as overseas are buildings outside of Scandinavia designed by Nordic architects or for their clients.
Tapiola Central Tower, Tapiola, Finland (Aarne Ervi, 1961)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Statue of Poseidon, Gothenburg, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Building at Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark (Kaj Gottlob, 1941)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Soholm Row Houses, Klampenborg, Denmark (Arne Jacobsen, 1950)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Court of Appeal, Gothenburg, Sweden (Hakon Ahlberg, 1948)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Spire of St. Nicholas Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Atelierhusene, Copenhagen, Denmark (Viggo Møller Jensen, 1945)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Radio House, Copenhagen, Denmark (Vilhelm Lauritzen, 1945)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Traditional painted barn, Denmark
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden (Gunnar Asplund, 1940)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Sodermalm Secondary School For Girls, Stockholm, Sweden (Nils Ahrbom and Helge Zimdahl, 1945)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Detail of flat (1948), Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Housing, Tapiola, Finland
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Houses, Gothenburg, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
View from Gondolen restaurant, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Söder Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (Hjalmar Cederstom, 1944)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Spire of Stock Exchange Building, Copenhagen, Denmark
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Detail of flats, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Enskede Gymnasium Southern Stockholm, Sweden (Tore Axén and Per Persson)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Sodermalm Secondary School For Girls, (Nils Ahrbom and Helge Zimdahl, 1945), Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Unmarried Women's Hostel, Stockholm, Sweden (Carl Melin, 1947)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Family Workers' Homes, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Mural art of the Årsta Community Centre, Stockholm, Sweden (Erik and Tore Ahlsen, 1947-1953)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
General Motors Technical Centre, Michigan, USA (Eero Saarinen, 1956)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1956
Söder Hospital, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden (Hjalmar Cederstom, 1938-)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Shop in New Empiricism style, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Villa of Gunnar Jacobson, Lidingö, Sweden (Gunnar Jacobsen, 1947)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Söder Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (Hjalmar Cederstom, 1943)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Pre-war social housing, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
"Bonnierhuset, Torsgatan, Stockholm,
Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Prefabricated homes, Höjdhagen, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Interior of the Gondolen Restaurant, Stockholm,Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Worker's home kitchen, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
View from a bridge, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Sveaplan Gymnasium, Stockholm, Sweden (Nils Ahrbom and Helge Zimdahl, 1936)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Villa Rosenberg, Lidingo 1946, Stockholm, Sweden (Bengt Gate, Sten Lindegren, Stig Ancker)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Bostadshus "Good Year Huset", Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Tapiola Central Pool, Tapiola, Finland (Aarne Ervi, 1962)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Pre-war social housing, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
View frim Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
House Stockholm, Sweden (1946)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Thulehuset, Gothenburg, Sweden (Nils Einar Eriksson, 1937)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Villa Myrdal, Stockholm, Sweden (Sven Markelius, 1937)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Villa Myrdal, Stockholm, Sweden (Sven Markelius, 1937)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Family homes a new estate, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Stockholm Builders Association, Stockholm, Sweden (1937)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Villa Myrdal, Stockholm, Sweden (Sven Markelius, 1937)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Tapiola, Finland
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Flats, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Country church, Rävlanda, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Flats, Jönköping, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Traditional U-shaped country house, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Valkyrie Statue, Copenhagen, Denmark (Stefan Sinding 1910)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Flats, Borås, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Housing, Tapiola, Finland
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Prefabricated homes, Gustavsberg, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Theatre lobby Malmö Opera House, Malmö, Sweden (Sigurd Lewerentz, 1944)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Theatre lobby Malmö Opera House, Malmö, Sweden (Sigurd Lewerentz, 1944)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Chapel of St. Gertrud and St. Knut, Malmö Eastern Cemetery, Malmö, Sweden (Sigurd Lewerentz, 1943)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Malmö Opera House, Malmö, Sweden (Sigurd Lewerentz, 1944)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Flats, Gothenberg, Sweden (Uno Åhrén, 1937)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Karlby's home, Ordrup, Copenhagen, Denmark (Bent Karlby)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Flats, Motala, Sweden (HSB Sweden)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Vadstena Castle, Vadstena, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Church of our Saviour, Copenhagen, Denmark (1752)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
View of Savoy restaurant, Helsinki, Finland
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Malmö Opera House, Malmö, Sweden (Sigurd Lewerentz, 1944)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Housing, Tapiola, Finland (Aulis Blomstedt, 1954)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Back of Swedish Embassy, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Edvard Lundquist with Peddle Thorp & Walker, 1951)
Photo: Robin Boyd
Dulles International Airport, Dulles,Virginia, USA (Eero Saarinen, 1962)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1969
Panel session at International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado, USA (Eero Saarinen, 1955)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Bergengrens Bil Ab Ford dealership, Stockholm, Sweden (Sture Frölén)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
Bell tower, Malmo eastern cemetery, Malmo, Sweden (Sigurd Lewerentz, 1943)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950
US Embassy Building, London, UK (Eero Saarinen, 1960)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Tapiola Café, Tapiola, Finland (Aarne Ervi, 1962)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Tapiola, Finland
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Tapiola Garden City Fountain, Tapiola, Finland
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
Tapiola Central Tower, Tapiola, Finland (Aarne Ervi, 1961)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1964
CBS Building, New York, USA (Eero Saarinen, 1964)
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1969
Pre-war social housing, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo: Robin Boyd, 1950