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Open House Stockholm October 4-6

From 4-6 October 2019 Open House Stockholm will be held for the forth time. During the event the public are invited to seminars about, and tours of, unique buildings and places, all for free!

The Twist by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group

Traversing the winding Randselva river, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group’s first project in Norway, The Twist, opens as an inhabitable bridge torqued at its center, forming a new journey and art piece within the Kistefos sculpture park in Jevnaker, Norway.

Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019

Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019 opens in a couple of days. This year's theme “Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth” responds to an era of climate emergency and social inequality by proposing alternatives to the unsustainable paradigm of growth. The festival explores the architecture of Degrowth, an economy of shared plenty in which human and ecological flourishing matter most.

Tallinn Architecture Biennale

Tallinn Architecture Biennale is an international architecture and urban-planning festival with a diverse programme This year's theme is Beauty Matters and the biennale is open between 11 September–3 November 2019. Head Curator is Dr. Yael Reisner.

UMA Architects in Sweden propose a Notre Dame rooftop pool

”Given that we’re in the epicenter of Paris, the world’s cultural capital and a city filled with joie de vivre, we're not planning on rebuilding the roof as it was” says the architects on their website.

Copenhagen Zoo’s new panda house – designed by Bjarke Ingels

The two pandas have finally arrived at Copenhagen Zoo. The new panda house was inaugurated in April by Danish Queen Margrethe II. Danish starchitect Bjarke Ingels designed the new home for the two bears from China.

The Three Generation House by Beta architects

A family comprising of two households (and three generations) decides to build a house together. While the younger couple already lives in the city, the grandparents live in the countryside and are keen to move back to the proximity of urban amenities.

Bjarke Ingels’ self-sustaining Oceanix City

Rising sea levels and a lack of affordable housing is becoming a global problem. Danish architects BIG have developed a floating city concept made up of hexagonal islands. The city can hold around 10,000 residents. It is also able to produce its own power, fresh water, and heat.

Jubileumsparken in Gothenburg won the Siena Prize

Sienapriset delas ut av Sveriges Arkitekter för att främja god utemiljö och tilldelas ett objekt och dess arkitekt. Priset är en hedersutmärkelse i form av diplom samt reliefplakett som sitter på det belönade objektet. Vinnaren blev Jubileumsparken i Göteborg som tog emot priset på årets Arkitekturgala som ägde rum den 19 mars på Konserthuset i Stockholm.

Anna Chavepayre winner of the Kasper Salin Prize

Yesterday, architect Anna Chavepayre from collectif encore received the finest architecture award in Sweden, the Kasper Salin Prize, at Konserthuset in Stockholm. She was awarded for Hamra Ateljébostad, a private studio home in Hamra, Gotland.

The Farmhouse by Precht

Architecture studio Precht has developed a fully modular building system, which is prefabricated offsite and flat-packed delivered by trucks. The residents produce their own food in vertical farms. It’s an attempt to reconnect people in the city with the process of growing food.

Public gardens shape a greener future outside Gothenburg – this is Humlestaden by Henning Larsen

Central public gardens form the social heart of the 155,000 m2 urban masterplan Humlestaden outside Gothenburg, Sweden - designed to reframe city life through a green lens.

New Museum in Bolzano by Snøhetta

Snøhettas new project, a Museum Quarter in Bolzano, will provide magnificent views in the landscape of surrounded Virgl Mountain in northern Italy. The new cultural area will include South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology and the Municipal Museum of Bolzano, along with the planned Bolanzo car structure which is also designed by Snøhetta. The roof of the building aims to serve as a terrace for public space for different activities like open-air markets and concerts. If built the museum will also be the new home for Ötzi the iceman.

Hytte Imingfjell by Norwegian studio Arkitektværelset

The Norwegian studio Arkitektværelset took the challenge of designing a cabin high situated on top of mountain Imingfjell, in Norway. With strict building rules, difficult weather conditions and risk of avalanches, the back of the cabin has come to look like a protective hood. The hood has practical functions, and at the same time is creating a contrasting and strong geometric shape between the black painted cabin and the angled roof panel.

Kiruna’s new town hall by Henning Larsen

The whole city of Kiruna continues to move three kilometers away and the first new building on site was Kiruna town hall in November last year, designed by the Danish studio Henning Larsen. By moving the clock tower from Kiruna's old town hall, designed in 1958 by Artur von Schmalensee, and placing it next to the new building, it has created a physical and visual connection to the city's past.

Spectacular treetop cabins by Oslo-based architect Espen Surnevik

Located in the woods of Finnskogen, "the Finnish Forest", in east Norway, these cabins offer a different forest retreat. Spruce and pine have been used as material for floors, walls and furniture. The cabins are designed with a simple geometry that gives the small living rooms an extraordinary height of over five meters.

New cabin concept by Spinn Architects

Oslo-based architects Spinn has designed a unique cabin concept in the Norwegian town of Hammerfest, inspired by the beautiful nature of the place. The cabin's shape is based on a 3D laser scans of the surrounding, rocky terrain. The rounded, outer shape remains weatherproof, covered with roofing felt and an outer screen of wood treated with flames.

Oodi Helsinki Central Library by ALA Architects

At the end of December 2018 the new central library Oodi opened in the center of Helsinki. The main concept of the project is the interaction between the library's floors, which are linked by the vertically stretched wooden volume covered with Finnish spruce timber. The structure of the building aims to expand the square's public space that continues on the inside. Surrounded by the park and cityscape, the central library offers a majestic view.

Friluftssykehuset – an Outdoor Care Retreat by Snøhetta

On behalf of the Friluftssykehuset Foundation Snøhetta has designed these Outdoor Care Retreats that offer visitors a physical and psychological respite from stringent treatment regiments and the isolation that often follows long-term hospitalization.

The Siena Prize nominees

The Siena Prize is awarded by the Architects Sweden to promote good outdoor environment. The prize will be awarded at Arkitekturgalan on March 19, 2019.

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