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“Minimal impact starts with understanding the conditions, accepting them and making the most out of them. We asked ourselves - how can we create an environment on such a steep slope and in such harsh weather conditions? We decided to transform those challenges into our tools and identity markers
Morten Vedelsbøl, Creative Director at White Arkitekter
“We’re proud to lead this important discussion at the Biennale on how to address global challenges, such as equity, migration and social justice. As architects, we play an important role effecting change
Monica von Schmalensee, CEO, White Arkitekter
”What’s most important for us is that the house contributes to making their hospital stay less sombre. Architecturally speaking, we’re connecting the existing gate guard house with a new building. This will create a very interesting meeting between the old and the new”
Anna-Carin Dahlberg
I already knew that the bathhouse was appreciated by the residents. Now we have this official recognition, which is very rewarding. I have a strong feeling that the bath house in Karlshamn will inspire other Swedish cities.
Sven Gustafsson
We are unbelievably proud to have two of our submissions reaching the finals at one of Europe’s most significant competitions for architecture. It’s a confirmation of the relevancy of our work on an international level.
Carl Bäckstrand
”This means a big boost for patients and staff, while the link between the hospital, education and research becomes even stronger than before”
Linda Mattsson
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‘By the Woods’: White Arkitekter wins social housing competition in Denmark

White Arkitekter’s Copenhagen studio has won a competition to design 115 individual homes in Alleroed. Located north of the Danish capital and bordered by woods and a lake, the new neighbourhood invites nature to flow between the buildings and their interiors. The project challenges stereotypes about affordable housing while dissolving conventional boundaries between public and private space.“There is an unfortunate stigma attached to social housing; they are grey, static, generic, colossal buildings surrounded by parking lots, empty lawns and concrete. For us, it was important to have none

White Arkitekter wins Nordic Built Cities with Faroese project ‘The Eyes of Runavik”

White Arkitekter’s entry, ‘The Eyes of Runavik’, has won the Nordic Built Cities competition in the category Vertical Challenge. The winner was announced on 16th June, in Helsinki, Finland. Departing from the same local climatic and geological conditions that challenge it, the design reveals a new and sustainable residential area in the Faroe Islands with the traditional local farming and settlement modes as the source of inspiration.Steep terrains with views over fjords and islands, strong winds, geothermal heat, basalt rock and sheep wool are some of the elements which have been carefully

White Arkitekter discusses urban equity at the Venice Biennale 2016

Urban equity and the Kiruna transformation will be at the centre of White Arkitekter’s participation at the Architecture Biennale 2016, which opens in Venice on May 28th.A seminar under the topic “Honestly, Sweden, it’s time for equity”, which is to be led by White Arkitekter, is taking the Nordic pavilion’s spotlight on May 27th. The event, initiated by White in cooperation with the Nordic pavilion, is reporting from the fronts of practice, where architects take long-term action and lead equitable change. The seminar includes three different talks: -        “Kiruna – Thinking in time”:

”Hjältarnas Hus” almost like a home for ill children

Children suffering from severe illness have a difficult life, often affected by distress and uncertainty. In many cases, these children have to leave their homes and families in order to get the healthcare they need. In five of the six Swedish regions which are responsible for healthcare in the country, there is accommodation for the relatives in the vicinity of the larger paediatric clinics.A ground-breaking ceremony for the largest of these accommodation units in the region of Norrland – “Hjältarnas Hus” (i.e. “a home for heroes”) in Umeå – is scheduled for Friday. White Arkitekter

What students want (an apartment with 5m headroom and balcony)

Today's students can live without the traditional student dorm on a corridor with a common toilet. A big part of them still prefers to live with other students but with an own private area (with own toilet and shower). This is the conclusion of a poll with 2 141 respondents, which was commissioned by Stockholm Student Housing, the association "Studentbostadsföretagen" and White Arkitekter. (Image: Kristoffer Roxbergh, White) “It surprised me that as many as a third of the responding students prefer to live with other students. An explanation could be the student budgets, which

Karlshamn’s cold water bath house wins first prize

(Photo: Jonas Gustafsson) Southern Sweden’s open air baths in Karlshamn took home first prize in the category of Urban Planning, a newly established award by the Municipality of Karlshamn. White Arkitekter’s design is open to all, blending with the landscape while standing out.The new cold baths in Karlshamn are an example of the revival of a tradition with historic roots. The city has been the previous home to several open-air baths — none of which exist today. White received the commission by the association “Karlbadhusets vänner” with the brief to design a new bath accessible to

First step towards the hospital of the future

The expanded and transformed Linköping University Hospital is inaugurated on 15th January, becoming the first completed project within the Sweden’s investment in the hospitals of the future. White Arkitekter is responsible for the design of this hospital, where patients now have single rooms, more daylight and a more attractive environment while the healthcare processes become more efficient.The expansion includes a new entrance, a new emergency department, new clinical wards, educational, a new ambulance hall and a new helicopter pad. The project has 600 beds and all inpatient care is

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