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Notuddsparken Apartments / OKIDOKI

Valeria Silva — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000

Notuddsparken is an award-winning new construction of two buildings with 46 apartments in Västerås, Sweden. The houses are built entirely in wood, using modern timber construction techniques, and have received the highest FEBY Gold certification. Beautiful architecture combined with social responsibility and a clear environmental focus is the basis of Okidoki’s innovative work in housing development. In the project, Okidoki, together with the client Bright Living, has developed its own model for social sustainability: the Five Percent Model.

Kajstaden Tall Timber Building / C.F. Møller

Paula Pintos — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Kajstaden - Tall Timber Building is an important landmark for sustainable construction and a reference project that shows that conversion to climate-conscious architecture is possible. Through research projects and several active wood projects, C.F. Møller Architects has focused on innovation as well as developing and implementing multi-storey buildings with solid wood frames. In Kajstaden, an active decision was made to prioritise industrial timber techniques for the building material to influence and take responsibility for the impact of the construction industry on the environment and climate change. A crucial advantage of wood, unlike other building materials, is that the production chain for the material produces a limited amount of carbon dioxide emissions. Instead, it is part of a closed cycle, where carbon is retained in the frame of the building.

C.F. Møller Wins Competition for Hybrid-Structure High-Rise in Sweden

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000

C.F. Møller has been selected as the winner of a competition to design a new residential high-rise in the Swedish city of Västerås, beating out proposals from Wingårdhs & Tham and Videgård Architects. Employing a hybrid solid wood/concrete structure and a wrap-around-terrace facade characterized by 3-dimensional elements, the building will serve as a new landmark on the city skyline.

BIG to Redevelop Västerås Transportation Hub

Karissa Rosenfield — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:49:34 +0000

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.

House Karlsson / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter

Nico Saieh — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0000

This one family house is situated on the northern coast of the lake Mälaren in central Sweden.