. ▁The ▁dark ▁red ▁br icks , ▁called ▁" m unk te gel " ▁( mon ks ' s ▁brick ) ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁traditional ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁monaster ies ▁and ▁churches , ▁were ▁provided ▁by ▁L ina ▁brick ▁factory ▁near ▁S öder t äl je . ▁Const ruction ▁was ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁craft s men ▁using ▁traditional ▁techniques . ▁ ▁The ▁building ▁was ▁inaugur ated ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁June ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁exactly ▁ 4 0 0 ▁years ▁after ▁Gustav ▁V asa ' s ▁arrival ▁in ▁Stockholm . ▁V erner ▁von ▁He iden st am ▁and ▁H jal mar ▁Br ant ing ▁delivered ▁the ▁inaugur ational ▁speech es . ▁ ▁Architecture ▁and ▁style ▁The ▁site , ▁adjacent ▁to ▁Stad sh us br on , ▁being ▁border ed ▁by ▁the ▁streets ▁of ▁H ant verk arg atan ▁and ▁Nor r ▁M ä lar str and ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁and ▁west , ▁and ▁the ▁shore ▁of ▁R idd arf jär den ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁and ▁east , ▁allowed ▁for ▁a ▁sp a cious ▁layout . ▁The ▁building ▁follows ▁a ▁roughly ▁rect angular ▁ground ▁plan . ▁It ▁is ▁built ▁around ▁two ▁open ▁spaces , ▁a ▁pia zza ▁called ▁Borg arg år den ▁on ▁the ▁eastern ▁side , ▁and ▁the ▁Blue ▁Hall ▁( Bl å ▁h allen ) ▁to ▁the ▁west . ▁ ▁The ▁Blue ▁Hall , ▁with ▁its ▁straight ▁walls ▁and ▁arc ades , ▁incorpor ates ▁elements ▁of ▁a ▁representative ▁cour ty ard . ▁Its ▁walls ▁are ▁in ▁fact