The Solberg Tower and Park is designed by Saunders Architecture and situated in Sarpsborg, Østfold, Norway. In what Wallpaper Magazine have recognised as Saunders’ ‘most creatively free project to date’ – a public attraction in the sleepy town of Sarpsborg, Norway – the architect was handpicked by clients who not only wanted his design input but also his aid in composing the project brief. The...
The Beach Town Kronborg designed by Arkitema Architects is located in Elsinore, Denmark. The housing scheme is to be built beside Elsinore North Harbour with spectacular views of Kronborg Castle and Sweden. Arkitema’s winning scheme ‘Beach Town Kronborg’ takes its name and form from its surroundings. The elegant and simple wooden houses stand at varied angles in relation to each other and...
Designed by Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect, BORABoras park pavilions and skating rink is located in Borås, Sweden. A glazed winter garden and a bandstand are sited in the park as rounded forms, thin perforated shells clearly visible from the city centre. The shells form a meeting point where several paths intersect, thereby framing an open glade towards the south, towards a skating rink, a children’s...
The CopperHill, design modern lodge designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is located in Are, Sweden. The lodge stretches parallel to the site’s natural topography, preserving the tree line; its plan is layered with the terrain to maximize both daylight exposure and views of the extraordinary landscape. Each suite was prefabricated offsite and lifted into the building’s heavy timber frame....
Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Hotel Skeppsholmen was designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune. The starting point of the design process was the word ‘fog’, describing a natural and eternal phenomenon of enchanting beauty inspiring to contemplation, as well as relating to the surrounding waters and Hotel Skeppsholmen’s marine historical past. From that idea forward, materials, surfaces, furniture,...