Villa Drottningholm is an example of 20th-century brutalism and functionalism located on Lovön island, on the outskirts of Stockholm. Influenced by Le Corbusier, it has asymmetric windows looking out onto carefully designed gardens. The villa has an open-plan layout and light concrete vaulted ceilings, and features a master bedroom in souterrain, and a private sauna. It is located close to the Drottningholm Royal Castle and park, a cultural World Heritage site next to the inland sea Mälaren, and can be reached by steamship from Stockholm City Hall. The villa was designed and built between 1956-1963 by architect Ralph Erskine (1914-2005), for social interaction and communal spirit, and was lived in by Erskine and his family. Radical for its time, it is one of several modern additions to the old settlement at Drottningholm Palace, and a combination of traditional and modern Swedish architecture are within easy reach. The villa sleeps five, plus two on sofa beds.

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