Exercishuset ( Swedish : “The Drill House”) is a building on the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm , Sweden, is as of 1995 incorporated as part of the new building for the Moderna Museet and Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design .
6-555: Built just south of the Skeppsholmen Church in 1853 and designed by Fredrik Blom , the original purpose of the building was to train the Navy staff in the complicated handling of the cannon sloops and dinghies. The former were 20 metres (66 ft) in length and operated by 14 pairs of oars pulled by 54 men, and the latter half the size. Another benefit of the building was the shipyard on the eastern shore being sealed off, as
12-486: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Skeppsholmen Church The Skeppsholmen Church ( Swedish : Skeppsholmskyrkan ) is a former church on the islet of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm , Sweden . Named after its location, the church was built 1823-1849 to replace a minor wooden church on Blasieholmen destroyed in the devastating fire of 1822. Inaugurated by King Charles XIV John on 24 July 1842 and still officially carrying his name, it
18-609: The latter museum was rebuilt and enlarged to the design by Rafael Moneo starting in 1994, the Drill House became an integrated part of the new complex. Since 1998 the building accommodates the Museum of Architecture , since 2013 the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. 59°19′32″N 18°05′04″E / 59.32556°N 18.08444°E / 59.32556; 18.08444 This Stockholm -related article
24-497: The main entrance at the time was found on the eastern side. However, the rowing vessels were discontinued in 1871, and the building therefore enlarged in 1881, as designed by Blom’s successor Victor Ringheim to adapt to new warfare technology. In 1955, the National Museum of Fine Arts moved into the building. Three years later, the art exhibitions continued as the new institution Moderna Museet under Pontus Hultén . As
30-473: The wooden double cupola is supported by paired doric columns and rounded arches. Accompanying the painted altarpiece are niches with statues of the apostles and two plaster groups. The Skeppsholmen parish was discontinued in 1969 when the Navy moved to the Muskö Naval Base , and the church was secularized in 2002. Since May 2009, the building has been a concert hall called Eric Ericsonhallen . It
36-513: Was designed by the architect Fredrik Blom as a neoclassical octahedral temple inspired by the Pantheon in Rome , borrowing the coffered ceiling while substituting the oculus for the temple-shaped lantern light . On all sides, the plain white walls restored in 1998 are pierced by portals whose four pillars support semi-circular lunettes . Inside the cruciform exterior, the interior sheet of
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