André Pihl designs "bat-shaped" summer house to make the most of sea views
Full-height windows set into the angled facades of this summer house provide views of the Swedish archipelago from a living space and two adjoining bedroom wings. More
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Swedish government introduces new benchmarks for architecture and design
The Swedish government has introduced new architecture and design targets to make Sweden a more "sustainable, equal and less segregated society". More
Millimeter Arkitekter transforms Stockholm cinema into L'Avventura restaurant
Ornately painted walls, velvet furnishings and a pair of olive trees create a decadent setting for this Italian restaurant within an early 20th-century cinema, in Sweden's capital. More
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Reconfigurable apartment allows residents to transform their living spaces
The next instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an experimental apartment by Swedish firm White Arkitekter, which can be reconfigured according to the needs of its residents. More
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UNStudio unveils plans for Gothenburg cable car
Dutch office UNStudio has designed a cable car system for Gothenburg that will be supported by a network of latticed towers based on shipyard cranes. More
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Triangular timber roof shelters the ruins of Sweden's oldest church
AIX Arkitekter has completed an exhibition hall and shelter, to protect the site of a ninth-century church in the village of Varnhem, southwest Sweden. More
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Plantagon designs office block containing a 60-metre-high urban farm
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal for an office tower that doubles as a vertical farm, by Swedish architecture firm Plantagon. More
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Hus Nilsson is a Swedish summer house with living spaces connected to a sea-facing terrace
A painted-brick fireplace separates areas for living and dining at this summer house designed by London-based architect Tina Bergman for a plot facing out towards the sea on Sweden's east coast. More
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At Six was designed to be Scandinavia's best luxury hotel, says Universal Design Studio
Universal Design Studio's Hannah Carter Owers explains how her team transformed a brutalist bank headquarters into an art-filled hotel, in this movie filmed ahead of the AHEAD Europe hospitality awards. More
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Vipp offers "out of the ordinary" hotel stays in a woodland cabin or an urban loft
Danish retailer Vipp has expanded into the hospitality industry – it is now offering guests the opportunity to stay in a prefabricated micro dwelling in a Swedish forest, or in a loft apartment on top of its Copenhagen headquarters. More
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Herzog & de Meuron reveals plans for tower set in landscaped gardens at Stockholm gasworks
Landscaped public gardens will surround a new glass residential tower by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, providing a new space for Stockholm's residents to relax and enjoy nature. More
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Small Architecture Workshop's charred-timber sauna floats on a Swedish lake
Milan-based studio Small Architecture Workshop has built a sauna on a floating platform in Åmot, Sweden, which features a blackened-wood exterior and a large window that overlooks a lake.
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Amos and Amos takes cues from Scandinavian design for AKQA's new Gothenburg studio
London practice Amos and Amos has created a collaborative workspace in a former Gothenburg shipbuilding warehouse for digital agency AKQA, which references traditional Swedish architecture. More
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IKEA's Creative Hub in Malmö features moody library and walls for scribbling
IKEA employees can "go bananas writing on every wall" inside its Creative Hub in Malmö, Sweden, which features interiors designed by Nanna Lagerman. More
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Swedish rail company swaps paper tickets for embedded microchips
Swedish train operator SJ Railways has become the latest company to adopt technology that reads microchips embedded in the body, and is using it as an alternative to printed rail passes. More
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Foster + Partners reveals quayside cultural complex for Stockholm's old town
Foster + Partners has designed a "new destination" for Stockholm's old town, Gamla Stan. More
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Tham & Videgård completes "tent-like" summer house on a Swedish island
Swedish studio Tham & Videgård Arkitekter designed this summer retreat with a dramatic scooped roofline for an island in the Stockholm archipelago. More
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Bornstein Lyckefors Architects builds vibrant red cabin as a retreat for a Swedish family
Traditional Swedish barns provided the inspiration for this red-hued wooden cabin, designed by Gothenburg studio Bornstein Lyckefors Architects for a keen sailor and his two children. More
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Competition: win a book exploring the simplicity and functionality of Nordic design
Dezeen has teamed up with Oak Publishing and Phaidon to give away five copies of The Red Thread: Nordic Design – a comprehensive look at objects designed "for a practical lifestyle" from Scandinavia and Finland. More
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Elding Oscarson creates "slightly bent" weathering steel extension to Lund's Skissernas Museum
Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has added a Corten steel extension to the Skissernas Museum in Lund, Sweden, designed to open the building up to the adjacent sculpture park. More
