Yellow desk made from concrete-injected balloons features in Hem headquarters
Hem has designed its own headquarters at the centre of Stockholm, with interiors by the furniture brand's in-house design team and Atelier Paul Vaugoyeau. More
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Architect and artist build their house by the sea in Sweden
Architect Arne Algeröd and his artist wife Soile clad their house on a rocky site in Sweden with corrugated fibre cement panels to protect it from the sea's salty spray and harsh winds. More
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Summer house on steel stilts sits amongst the treetops in Sweden
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed a holiday home raised on twelve steel stilts on a steep slope near the sea in Mölle, Sweden. More
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Lakeside house in Sweden is clad with pine slats to match the forest
Dive Architects has completed a lake house in isolated woodland to the north of Stockholm designed to gradually "merge with nature" as the surrounding birch and pine forest grows. More
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Studio Holmberg designs pine-clad holiday home to blend into Swedish seaside setting
This pine-clad summer house on a rocky outcrop on a small island in Sweden's archipelago of Gothenburg features minimal plywood interiors designed to highlight the island's dramatic landscape. More
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Station of Being is an interactive Arctic bus stop
Architecture studio Rombout Frieling Lab and Research Institutes of Sweden have created the Station of Being as a prototype bus stop for use in the Arctic region, which uses sound and light to alert passengers to approaching buses. More
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Acne Studios taps into fashion-school cool for interiors of Stockholm HQ
A 1970s brutalist-style building in Stockholm is now home to Acne Studios' headquarters, which is decked out with furnishings by Max Lamb and huge wall-hangings by Daniel Silver. More
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Flying Panels exhibition charts the evolution of prefabricated concrete-panel construction
ArkDes has mounted an exhibition celebrating the role of concrete panels in contemporary architecture, with an exhibition design by Note Design Studio that evokes the dynamism of a construction site. More
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All-black sauna embedded in Stockholm's rocky island frames sea views
Architect Matteo Foresti has designed a sauna set into the rocks of an island within the Stockholm archipelago that's lined with dark oak and black stone. More
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Skaparkollektivet Forma displays 17,000 artworks to visualise minors at risk of deportation
Art collective Skaparkollektivet Forma has created an installation to house 17,000 unique tiny artworks that represent migrants who were expected to be deported from Sweden. More
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X Shore electric boats designed for emission-free sea travel
Engine noise, fumes and carbon emissions are all nonexistent with X Shore, one of the first electric boat-makers to target the consumer market. More
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Bornstein Lyckefors builds pale green cabin on rural Swedish island
Architecture studio Bornstein Lyckefors chose an unusual shade of green for the exterior of Granholmen, a humble cabin on the Swedish island of Kallaxön. More
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Pétanque is played inside Boulebar restaurants by Bornstein Lyckefors
Architecture studio Bornstein Lyckefors has designed a series of restaurants in Sweden and Denmark that centre around a terrain for playing pétanque. More
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IKEA and Queen of Sweden adapt modular BoKlok housing for the elderly
IKEA and Skanska are collaborating with the Queen of Sweden on an offshoot of their modular BoKlok housing that will meet the needs of the elderly and people with dementia. More
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Emma Olbers Design adds new furnishings to The Old Library in Stockholm
Woven hemp chairs and pine reading tables are among the pieces that Emma Olbers Design has added in its renovation of the library in Stockholm's Nationalmuseum. More
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Red wooden curtain surrounds nature reserve entrance pavilion by Sandellsandberg
A curtain of red timber panels drape around the entrance pavilion to the Eriksberg Hotel & Nature Reserve in Blekinge, Sweden, designed by Sandellsandberg. More
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Johan Sundberg adds concrete spa to 16th century Swedish estate
Johan Sundberg Arkitekter and Blasberg Andreasson have built Andrum, a concrete spa overlooking the grounds of a centuries-old estate in Höör, Sweden. More
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Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter creates Lyceum apartments within former university labs
Andreas Martin-Löf Arkitekter has transformed the former Pharmaceutical Institute at the Old Technical College in Stockholm into light-filled apartments that feature historic decor details.
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Johan Sundberg builds Swedish holiday home that takes cues from Japanese architecture
Architect Johan Sundberg has borrowed elements from traditional Japanese houses to create Sommarhus T, a holiday home on Sweden's south coast. More
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IKEA launches homeware made from rice straw to help reduce India's smog problem
IKEA will launch a collection of home accessories made from rice straw that would otherwise be burnt by India's farmers and pollute the air. More
