Sweden – The next stop on the Stockholm leg of our research trip was White Arkitekter’s Stockholm office dubbed “Katsan”, which accommodates 400 employees in an exceptionally low energy building. The building sits along a canal connected to Hammarby Sjö, a small lake in what was once an industrial area and is now considered to […]
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Sweden – As part of our visit to the Royal Seaport development in Stockholm we had an opportunity to get a tour of a Plus Energy residential building under construction (the most interesting phase of a project for us architects). Part of the fourth phase of the seaport’s development, the Bröfastet stage features the area’s […]
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Sweden – In conjunction with our visit to Stockholm’s Royal Seaport development, we had an opportunity to learn more about how the district manages its waste collection. As the Royal Seaport aspires to be a global model for sustainable building, its methods of waste management play an important role. The area is serviced by an […]
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Sweden – To set the stage for the type of sustainable new developments being built in Sweden we kicked off our field research with a tour of Stockholm’s Royal Seaport Development. With the construction of 12,000 new homes and 35,000 new workplaces spread out over 236 hectares it is considered Sweden’s largest urban development. Started […]
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We are excited to be embarking on the second leg of our Prix de Rome research trip in Sweden and Norway. We will be posting about the innovative projects and developments that we visit in Stockholm and Oslo, interviews with leading Swedish and Norwegian architects, and meetings with research organizations. We look forward to sharing […]
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