In Boyd’s writings, planned cites, like Vällingby in Sweden and Tapiola in Finland, continued to be cited as exemplars, well after his visits to them. For example, Tapiola is discussed in his chapter ‘The Neighbourhood’ for Living and Partly Living (1971). 

Another example is his long article in The Age in 1958 titled “Violent Muddle of Australian Contemporary Architecture”(pdf), where he refers to Vällingby, Sweden. Boyd emphasises a major difference between contemporary Australian and Swedish architecture. “Every Australian building feels obliged to be different” and “cries for attention”. “We still feel as far as ever from the type of planning which aims for a delightful total environment” - and here he cites Vällingby, a new suburb of Sweden, where “the individual buildings sink their differences for the sake of the common good, the overall effect of form and space, the coherence, dignity and delight of the whole.” The article includes a photograph of the pedestrian concourse in Vällingby, where the pavement is coordinated in the total effect of the space.

Dan Ashton writes to Robin Boyd three days after this article appeared. He shared his interest and perspective on Boyd’s article in The Age about Vällingby’s restfulness and harmonious planning (pdf).

In 1969, Boyd writes to John Ridge at Merchant Builders regarding a report received from Tapiola. He is disappointed that in Tapiola, a “town-planners heaven”, a copse of trees can be bulldozed  - a similar event happened in Boyd’s 1965 development at  Apple Tree Hill Estate, Glen Waverly, Victoria (pdf).