Myrstedt & Stern Store, Stockholm, Sweden



Architect
Ernst Stenhammar - Structural Engineer Henrik Kreuger
Date Built
1908 - 1910
Location
Kungsgatan
Description
This shop and office building was designed for the firm of Myrstedt and Stern in 1908-1910.  It was the first building in Stockholm that used a reinforced concrete skeleton.  The image below from Wikimedia Sverige shows the building under construction.  Information about the copyright of that image is shown at the bottom of this page.








The facade is covered with sandstone richly sculpted with grinning animal heads.






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