2024-12-04T04:32:47-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150064188/modernism-invades-a-classically-traditional-swedish-island Nam Henderson 2018-05-14T00:37:00-04:00 >2019-10-17T19:20:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e3/e3fdba86840396eaee893d4b78273ae9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>But recently, a generation of homeowners and architects...have started not just ignoring, but defying the Law of Jante....From cast-concrete bunkers to glass-framed aeries, the new houses shock, subverting long-established order with a cool blast of modernity, while also paying homage to the island&rsquo;s chilly dignity.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Nancy Hass travels to Gotland, a low-key, summer retreat for Swedes. Traditionally, simple farmhouse vernacular reigned. Yet, now firms such as Skalso, Murman Arkitekter, Deve Architects and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/80156745/tham-videg-rd-arkitekter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tham &amp; Videg&aring;rd</a> are exploring a more contemporary idiom.<br></p>