Ralph Erskine, (Skiing) Architect

In this paper I focus on Ralph Erskine's enduring image in architectural discourse as the Arctic Architect of Modernism. My interest lies with the relationship between portrayals of Erskine - both in textual accounts an images - and the way his sub-Arctic projects, especially his unrealised uto...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nordlit
Main Author: Jérémie Michael McGowan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Norwegian
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2008
Subjects:
Ralph Erskine
Arctic architecture
Norwegian literature
PT8301-9155
Arctic
Erskine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1313
https://doaj.org/article/b17bb5294ed84256bafe069383efa612
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Summary:In this paper I focus on Ralph Erskine's enduring image in architectural discourse as the Arctic Architect of Modernism. My interest lies with the relationship between portrayals of Erskine - both in textual accounts an images - and the way his sub-Arctic projects, especially his unrealised utopian projects for an ‘Ideal Town' north of the Arctic Circle, have been canonised in architectural discourse as exemplars of an architecture that is truly regional in character and, moreover, ideally suited to the unique cultural - especially with regard to indigenous populations - and environmental habitats of Arctic and sub-Arctic environments.

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