Lantmannabyggnader, CE Löfvenskiöld

The agricultural architect Charles Emil Löfvenskiöld (1810-1888) dreamed of reforming the Swedish countryside. A new architecture characterized by both beauty and rationality would combat poverty and misery. Bright, spacious and well-planned houses for both people and animals were the basis for a humane and prosperous society. Only when the practical was also beautiful was it truly functional.

The aim of the publication Landtmannabyggnader, mainly for small farms from 1868 was to spread the new findings in affordable and educational booklets with clear drawings and explanatory texts. Today, the work is an architectural classic that had a major impact on Swedish building culture.

This reproduction is supplemented by an appendix with drawings by Löfvenskiöld's student and longtime collaborator Pehr August Pettersson (1841-1906). They were originally published in his Landtmannabyggnader: drawings for all areas of country housekeeping from 1891, a sequel and tribute to Löfvenskiöld's classic work.