Two photos of the new crematorium at the Woodland Cemetery, at Enskede in Stockholm. Designed by renowned architect Johan Celsing. He won the right to build the crematorium in a big international contest back in 2009. He named his entry, A Stone in the Forest. In Swedish, En sten i skogen. The brick building is connected underground to the old crematorium, a few hundred meters away. It was finished around a decade ago in a forested area. It won a big Swedish architectural award before it was found out that it was water damaged from a leak in the roof. The City and the architect firm then spent several years, and millions of kronor, fighting over whose fault it was. In the end, the only one that came out as a winner here were the lawyers.
4 comments:
As always only the lawyers win. That closed iron doors looks a bit threatening.
Made from oxidised copper I think.
Brooding is the word that comes to mind.
I'm reminded of an old joke. What do you call a thousand lawyers chained together at the bottom of the sea?
A good start.
Sad how red tape and beauracracy can get in the way of good creations.
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