Villa Skeppet
General information
Location59°58′12″N 23°26′12″E / 59.970076°N 23.436718°E / 59.970076; 23.436718
Completed1970
Design and construction
Architect(s)Alvar Alto
Website
villaskeppet.fi/en/

Villa Skeppet is a home designed by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for his friends Christine and Göran Schildt in Ekenäs, Finland.[1] The building was constructed in 1969–1970 and was the last as well as the smallest home he designed.[2][3][4]

Today Villa Skeppet is owned by The Christine and Göran Schildt Foundation. The building was opened for the general public in December 2020.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Neil Spiller; Toy, M. (1999). Further Architects in Cyberspace II. AD Profiles. Wiley. p. viii. ISBN 978-0-471-98467-2. Retrieved 13 August 2018. Even in the beautiful, but diminutive Villa Skeppet, designed for Göran Schildt and his wife, on the shore at Ekenäs, South Finland, a significant central 'clearing is achieved by conjoining the living room and the central hall. These are backed ...
  2. ↑ Schildt, Göran; Hipeli, Mia (2009). Villa Skeppet, Tammisaari. Alvar Aallon arkkitehtuuria, 15. (in Finnish, Swedish, and English). Alvar Aalto-museo. ISBN 978-952-5371-49-9. ISSN 0356-9357.
  3. ↑ "The Alvar Aalto Villa Skeppet". Mid Century Home. December 21, 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Alvar Aalto, Villa Schildt, Helsinki,1969/70". Atlas of Interiors. March 20, 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Svenskberg, Charlotta (27 November 2020). "Nu öppnar Villa Skeppet för besökare". Västra Nyland (in Swedish). Ekenäs. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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