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Swedish Architecture is known for its clean, functional, and minimalist design, which emphasizes simplicity and functionality over ornate details and decoration. Some notable examples of Swedish architecture include the 17th-century Royal Palace in Stockholm, the 20th-century Stockholm City Hall, and the contemporary Öresund Bridge, which connects Sweden and Denmark. Swedish architects have also contributed significantly to modernist architecture, with prominent figures such as Gunnar Asplund, Sigurd Lewerentz, and Ralph Erskine, who have designed a number of iconic buildings both in Sweden and abroad.
In the early 20th century, Sweden was on the cusp of architectural transformation, with a growing interest in creating public institutions that were both functional and monumental. At the center…
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Stockholm, a city celebrated for its flat cityscape, is poised for a transformative landmark thanks to Danish and Swedish architecture firms Cobe and Yellon. Their winning entry, Stadsljus (City Light),…
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Designed by Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz, the Church of St Peter in Klippan stands as a monolithic architectural statement, defying norms and transcending time. Completed when Lewerentz was 81, the…
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The Danish architecture firm Cobe has won the prestigious international competition for a new university library in the heart of Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg. In addition to providing a new…
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Completed in 2019 by Swedish architecture firm Scott Rasmusson Källander the Boge Friggars Summer houses are located in a small lot on Gotland, Sweden’s largest island, situated by the Baltic…
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Completed in 2016 by Swedish Architecture firm Scott Rasmusson Källanderthe the Brf Ferdinand Dwellings in Aspudden play with natural materials found in the surroundings and opens to the landscape through…
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The Woodland Cemetery, or Skogskyrkogården, in Stockholm, is a distinctive blend of architecture and nature, a result of the meticulous design by renowned architects Erik Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz….
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Designed by Predrag Vujanovic, the NORTH / SOUTH micro cabins located in northern Sweden are experimental dwellings that explore how design can express personality.
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Architecture design firm Cobe has been commissioned the new Geely Design Center in a unique campus named “Uni3 by Geely” on Gothenburg’s harbor front. It is set for completion in…
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David Chipperfield will design in the years to come the new home for the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. The building is situated as a ‘solitaire’ in a prominent water-edge position on the peninsula Blasieholmen, next…
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