Abstract
Summary On one of Stockholm's most conspicuous sites, on the shore of the Blasieholmen peninsula opposite the Royal Palace, stands an impressive complex of buildings replete with twin towers (fig. 1). It is known as Sorensenska huset (Sorensen House), it was built between 1881 and 1883, and architecturally it is distinguished by its eclecticism (comprising a multitude of styles from the 1850s to the turn of the century) and by the skill with which the architect, A. E. Melander, harmonized it with the nearby 18th century Fersenska palatset (Fersen Palace). Sorensen House was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1973, and prior to its restoration the author was commissioned by the Stockholm City Museum to carry out a survey of its architectural history and an inventory of all its constituent buildings. After qualifying as a master builder in Stockholm, Adolf Emil Melander (1845–1933) won his spurs as an architect, spending several years studying on the continent and practising in Aberdeen and Edigburgh (1865...
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