2195. Matsal och sällskapsrum, Hotell Borgafjãll

 

Dear Mats,

"If you don't love people, you can't make good

architecture". (Ralph Erskine)

Sincerely,

R

2192. Hotell Borgafjäl, Dorotea

 

Dear Sigurd,

This great hotel facility in Borgafjäl located in the

town of Dorotea in Southern Lapland was designed

by architect Ralph Erskine and opened to the public

in 1955. 

Respectfully,

R

785. Hotel Borgafjäl, Dorotea

Dear Jeremy

This is a tourist hotel in Lapland that architect 

Ralph Erskine built when he was 34. This building 

was his first job of greater importance. The hotel 

merges with the surrounding beautiful natural 

landscape, so literally that even the roof has a 

ski slope.

Regards,
R

536. Gyttorp. Vastmanland

Dear Bruno

"Architecture differs from all others majors arts in that it
is useful. But like them its symbols and poetry express the
culture's priorities and its evaluation of people's needs"
(Ralph Erskine)

Regards.
R

418. Lulea. Shoppingcenter

Dear Carol,

Ralph Erskine, whom I had the fortunate to meet 

to years back, once said that the job of buildings 

is to improve human relations: architecture must 

ease them, not make them worse.
This is evident in his Lulea Shopping Center, 

which is considered to be the first modern indoor 

shopping mall ever built in the world.

Regards.
R

365. Goteborg. Lilla Bommen

Dear Bob,

The Lilla Bommen building that is situated at the entrance
of the Goteborg Canal, recalls appropriately a giant
navigational aid or floating objects that are anchored to
the bottom and are also known as buoys. Anyway this
building is commonly referred to by the locals as "The
Lipstick".

Regards.
R