Villa Skeppet

Villa Skeppet is a home designed by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for his friends Christine and Göran Schildt in Ekenäs, Finland.[1] The building was constructed in 1969–1970 and was the last as well as the smallest home he designed.[2][3][4]

Villa Skeppet
General information
Location59.970076°N 23.436718°E / 59.970076; 23.436718
Completed1970
Design and construction
Architect(s)Alvar Alto
Website
villaskeppet.fi/en/

Today Villa Skeppet is owned by The Christine and Göran Schildt Foundation. The building was opened for the general public in December 2020.[5]

Pictures
  • Front
  • Back
  • Back yard and Göran Schildt
  • Interior

References
  1. Neil Spiller; Toy, M. (1999). Further Architects in Cyberspace II. AD Profiles. Wiley. p. viii. ISBN 978-0-471-98467-2. Retrieved 13 August 2018. Even in the beautiful, but diminutive Villa Skeppet, designed for Göran Schildt and his wife, on the shore at Ekenäs, South Finland, a significant central 'clearing is achieved by conjoining the living room and the central hall. These are backed ...
  2. Schildt, Göran; Hipeli, Mia (2009). Villa Skeppet, Tammisaari. Alvar Aallon arkkitehtuuria, 15. (in Finnish, Swedish, and English). Alvar Aalto-museo. ISBN 978-952-5371-49-9. ISSN 0356-9357.
  3. "The Alvar Aalto Villa Skeppet". Mid Century Home. December 21, 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. "Alvar Aalto, Villa Schildt, Helsinki,1969/70". Atlas of Interiors. March 20, 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. Svenskberg, Charlotta (27 November 2020). "Nu öppnar Villa Skeppet för besökare". Västra Nyland (in Swedish). Ekenäs. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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