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Södra Ängby is a
residential area A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residen ...
blending functionalism with garden city ideals, located in western
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,
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, forming part of the Bromma borough. Encompassing more than 500 buildings, it remains the largest coherent functionalistic
villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...
area in Sweden and possibly the world,Wærn, ''Guide till Stockholms arkitektur'', "Södra Ängby", p 207 still well-preserved more than half a century after its construction 1933–40 and protected as a national cultural heritage. The area covers 1.1 square kilometres, and is inhabited by 1,744 people.Stockholm Municipality (2007)


History

While traditional villas and cottages still dominated house production in the early 1930s, a few exclusive villas were built in the new Functionalist style, inspired by the showcases at the Stockholm International Exhibition 1930. One of the earliest examples is the villa architect
Sven Markelius Sven Gottfrid Markelius (25 October 1889 – 24 February 1972) was a Swedish modernist architect. Markelius played an important role in the post-war urban planning of Stockholm, for example in the creation of the model suburbs of Vällingby (1950 ...
, one of the leader of the exhibition, had built for himself at
Nockeby Nockeby is a residential district in western Stockholm and part of the Bromma borough Bromma () is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Stockholm Municipality. Bromma is primarily made up ...
1930–31. Its strict geometry, its bright plaster façades, and its elevated location with nature left untouched around the building makes it characteristic of villas in Bromma.Andersson, "Stilren funkis i kuperad Mälarnatur", pp 141-143 While Functionalist villas were also built elsewhere in Stockholm, for example at
Stora Essingen Stora Essingen is an island and a district in the Kungsholmen borough in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located adjacent to Lilla Essingen on Lake Mälaren. Both Essingen Islands are mainly residential areas. Stora Essingen is scattered with private ...
and
Mälarhöjden Mälarhöjden is a suburb in south-west Stockholm, Sweden. It is a part of Hägersten borough. The area is dominated by single-family houses. It borders Hägersten Hägersten (''Heronstone'') is an urban district of Stockholm. It is located in t ...
, no contemporary suburb could match the extent and execution of Södra Ängby. The Ängby area was bought by the city in 1904 and, due to its flatter terrain, Norra Ängby, the northern area surrounding Ängby Manor, was used for self-built single-family houses starting in 1931. Södra Ängby with its forest and hilly terrain offered more of a challenge. There, roads were adopted to topography while forest was left pretty much untouched, which resulted in the appearance of rows of bright villas scattered across the preserved forest. It was almost entirely the design of Edvin Engström, head of the one-family housing agency of the city's property office (''fastighetskontorets egnahembyrå'') and the architect behind successful
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residential areas during the 1920s. All the villas are variations on a strict functionalistic theme: Cubic volumes, flat-rolled sheet roofs, large windows, and rounded balconies adorned with fine plate and forged metal details clearly inspired by
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s. In Stockholm, most suburbs are centred on a small square, but at Södra Ängby the commercial centre is a row of peripheral Functionalist buildings located near the present metro station. On its completion, city construction director (''stadsbyggnadsdirektör'') Göran Sidenbladh referred to Södra Ängby as "the last garden city". Image:Sodra angby 2008e.jpg, Image:Sodra angby 2008f.jpg, Image:Sodra angby 2008h.jpg, Image:Sodra angby 2008g.JPG,


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, contemporaneous modernist urban area in Tel Aviv, Israel


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