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Architects: Beatriz Pons
- Area: 163 m²
- Year: 2014
Sweden
Loft Stockholm / Beatriz Pons
Tornhuset / Terroir + Kim Utzon Arkitekter
PULKABACKEN / Street Monkey Architects
Villa Altona / The Common Office
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Architects: The Common Office
- Area: 180 m²
- Year: 2011
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Professionals: Omniplan, Grund- och stombyggnad i Stockholm, Paju Architecture and Landscape
BIG to Redevelop Västerås Transportation Hub
BIG has unveiled plans for a new transportation hub in the heart of Västerås - one of Sweden's largest cities. The ambitious plan, "3B - Build Away the Barriers" will redevelop 17-acres surrounding an existing railway station in an effort to reconnect it to the city. As it exists now, the station's tracks divides two areas of the city; BIG's proposal aims to unite them with a single "floating roof" shaped by the "flow of people and public life" that will integrate new public programs into the site.
Tham & Videgård Designs Sweden’s "Most Sought After Home"
Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has designed a home with the help of two million Swedes. Made possible by big data, the Swedish office analyzed 200 million clicks and 86,000 properties on Hemnet properties to design "Sweden’s statistically most sought after home." The result, the Hemnet Home - a "new typehouse for everyone by everyone."
ADEPT and Mandaworks Design Masterplan for Stockholm’s Royal Seaport
ADEPT and Mandaworks have been declared the winners of a design competition for an urban development in the Kolkajen-Ropsten area of Stockholm's Royal Seaport. Dubbed the “Royal Neighbour,” the masterplan is anticipated to provide more than 12,000 new homes, supply 35,000 jobs in the next two decades, and create a new cultural area.
Torsby Finnskog Center / Bornstein Lyckefors
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Architects: Bornstein Lyckefors
- Year: 2014
City in the City / schmidt hammer lassen architects
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Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
- Area: 54000 m²
- Year: 2015
Sauna Saltsjöbaden / Murman Arkitekter
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Architects: Murman Arkitekter
- Year: 2011
Utopia Arkitekter Reinterprets Stockholm's Vernacular Architecture
A new housing development called Söderkåkar in Stockholm is aiming to provide a modern interpretation of the area’s 19th century vernacular architecture. Designed by Utopia Arkitekter, the residential structures impose the contemporary emphasis on sustainability and function within the traditional all-wood construction of the past, fitting into the existing infrastructure while maintaining a distinct character.
Lomma Apartments / FOJAB arkitekter
- Area: 3000 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: NCC Construction, WSP
Six Walls House / Arrhov Frick Arkitektkontor
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Architects: Arrhov Frick Arkitektkontor
- Area: 245 m²
- Year: 2014
PlayHouse / Street Monkey Architects + Bjerking
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Architects: Bjerking, Street Monkey Architects
- Area: 175 m²
- Year: 2013
Tham & Videgård Propose Wooden High-Rise Housing for Stockholm
Tham & Videgård Arkitekter is the latest to investigate the potential of tall wooden structures. Planned for a site in the former transport harbor of Loudden, which will soon be revived as a new urban area, the practice's mixed-use scheme proposes to integrate 240 apartments within a cluster of four wooden high-rise buildings that reach up to 20 stories.
“The buildings are constructed entirely in one material, Swedish solid wood, from the frame to the facade, finishes and windows,” says the architects. “Through consistent use of a renewable material like wood, the result is a sustainable, well insulated and robust house structure with good potential to perform well over time, and minimize the total energy consumption.”
Summer House in Dalarna / Leo Qvarsebo
Belatchew Arkitekter's "HagaTwist" to be Built in Stockholm
Named for its location at the intersection of Vasastaden and "the Haga city" of Hagastaden, Belatchew Arkitekter's "HagaTwist" has been selected by Atrium Ljungberg as the winner of an invited architectural competition for the construction of a public building in Stockholm. Envisioned as a "meeting place" for visitors, workers, and locals alike, the project will feature a flexible program and incorporate a restaurant and rooftop terrace.
Kjellander Sjöberg's Swedish Urban Block to Increase "Civic Dialogue"
Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost town, made international headlines last year when it was announced that the entire town would be relocated two miles to the east due to mining operations by the state-controlled company. Now, the first phase of the Kiruna square redevelopment is set to commence with a design by Stockholm-based Kjellander + Sjöberg for an urban block of housing units around the town’s central square.
Kjellander + Sjöberg, along with development group Skanska, won a competition held by Kiruna Municipality for the square's regeneration. Under the moniker Fjällbäcken, the urban block responds to the idiosyncratic subarctic climate in a manner the architects describe as "sustainable in the long term." When realized, the 2000m2 housing development will have 90 apartments and feature a host of sustainable solutions. Onsite rainwater management facilities are incorporated into the project's planning, alongside provisions for green space and ecofriendly heating and cooling systems.
Learn more about the project and view selected images after the break.