 The entire composition reflects the decreasing influence of Swedish nobility during the transition from the era of Swedish Empire to the Age of Liberty; the original intentions, including towers on the corners and wings, reduced to the present Corinthian pilasters projected on a plain bricked wall, centred on the temple gable motif.Before the small garden in front of the palace was created to the design of Isak Gustaf Clason (1856–1930) in the 1910s, Riddarhuset formed the scenic background for what was the country's political centre.In front of the building stands the statue of King Gustav Vasa.