Architecture studio White Arkitekter has completed Sara Kulturhus Centre, a timber development featuring the world's second-tallest wooden tower, which it claims will be carbon negative over its lifetime. More
Swedish designer Lena Bergström has created the world's first object made from steel produced without creating carbon emissions. More
Furniture retailer IKEA is branching out to become a renewable energy supplier with its Strömma subscription service, which is set to bring wind and solar power to Swedish households from September. More
Swedish architecture studio ASKA has created a pale-yellow interior informed by Wes Anderson movies and the aesthetics of Cuba for Stockholm restaurant Cafe Banacado. More
The closure of Sweden's biggest cement factory on environmental grounds could cause up to 400,000 job losses and wipe out the country's GDP growth, according to an alliance of construction bodies. More
Cement giant HeidelbergCement has announced plans to eliminate carbon emissions from a plant in Sweden in a bid to decarbonise one of the world's most polluting industries. More
Construction in Sweden could grind to a halt after the country's biggest cement factory was stripped of its licence to mine limestone on environmental grounds. More
The dark-wood interiors of Japanese bars and restaurants informed this wine-bar-cum-office in Stockholm designed by local studio Note for Swedish digital technology consultancy Samsen. More
Danish architecture firm 3XN has built a brick-clad office block next to a renovated 19th-century building in central Stockholm, linking the two with a twisting upper storey. More
Danish architecture studio Cobe has won the competition for the new University of Gothenburg library, with a design that evokes the pages of a book being opened. More
Architecture firm BIG has updated its plans for a transport hub designed for Swedish city Västerås, which will feature a building with a dramatically sweeping roof. More
Swedish architecture studio ASKA has refurbished haircare brand Maria Nila's headquarters and salon in Stockholm, creating an undulating ceiling installation that looks like dripping shampoo. More
Dezeen promotion: Swedish furniture brand Lammhults has opened its redesigned flagship showroom designed by Atelier Paul Vaugoyeau in Stockholm, marking an evolution in its creative direction. More
Design fairs will have to radically change as brands switch to digital marketing channels, according to Sanna Gebeyehu of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. More
Dezeen Showroom: Stripes is a graphic wool rug collection created by Swedish design duo Bernadotte & Kylberg for their lifestyle brand NJRD. More
Dark bricks cover this house on the southern tip of Sweden, which Lund-based studio Johan Sundberg Arkitektur arranged around a lush courtyard and swimming pool. More
Creative studio TypeO has opened the doors to a shoppable guesthouse in southern Sweden where those wary of holidaying during a pandemic can relax in seclusion. More
Norm Architects has completed Archipelago House, a pine-clad holiday home on the coast of Sweden that's designed to embody both Scandinavian and Japanese aesthetics. More
The colourful bedrooms that Note Design Studio has slotted beneath the roof of this Stockholm loft apartment are meant to resemble "life-sized building blocks". More
The next part of today's VDF collaboration with ArkDes features a video interview with Australian artist Linda Tegg, who has temporarily rewilded the car park outside Sweden's national centre for architecture and design. More
