Achieving zero-carbon architecture is "the biggest challenge we have" says Alexandra Hagen of White Arkitekter
Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter has pledged that every building it designs will be carbon neutral by 2030. More
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White Arkitekter proposes building ribbon of housing around London estates
White Arkitekter has designed a hedge-like band of housing that could be built around existing London estates, to add homes without the need for demolition, in the latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series. More
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White Arkitekter develops maternity unit concept for hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo
White Arkitekter has created a concept for a new mother and baby health unit at the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More
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White Arkitekter designs water tower with wave shape for Sweden
Undulating concrete panels will form the facade of VÅGA, a large water tower planned for a hilltop in Varberg, Sweden, to create the impression of a wave rolling across the landscape. More
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White Arkitekter to create psychiatric clinic in Greenland
Scandinavian architecture firm White Arkitekter has unveiled plans to build a pale yellow psychiatric clinic in Nuuk, Greenland, which will frame views of the surrounding arctic landscape. 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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"Gender equality is one of the cornerstones of Swedish society"
Dezeen's gender diversity survey found that Scandinavian architecture firms have far better gender diversity than those elsewhere. Alexandra Hagen, director at Swedish firm White Arkitekter, explains why. More
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White Arkitekter's pared-back bathhouse reinterprets Sweden's traditional "gingerbread" architecture
White Arkitekter has completed a bathhouse on the southern coast of Sweden, featuring a timber-clad structure perched on slender legs that extend outwards towards the rear to optimise sea views. More
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Tasmanian kangaroos move into White Arkitekter's new Copenhagen Zoo enclosure
Scandinavian firm White Arkitekter designed this cylindrical house for Tasmanian kangaroos at Copenhagen Zoo to allow visitors to get up close to the animals. More
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White Arkitekter wins housing design contest for the Faroe Islands
Scandinavian firm White Arkitekter has won a competition to design a sustainable housing development on a sloped, uninhabited hillside in the Faroe Islands. More
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White Arkitekter selected to build timber-framed high-rise in Sweden
Swedish firm White Arkitekter has won a competition to design a cultural centre and hotel in Skellefteå, Sweden, with its proposal for the "tallest wooden building in the Nordic countries" (+ slideshow). More
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White Arkitekter creates Museum of Making pavilion for Clerkenwell Design Week
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Swedish firm White Arkitekter has installed a barn-like structure in the centre of London's Clerkenwell, which is dedicated to the area's creative past and present (+ slideshow). More
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White Arkitekter adds a timber and concrete extension to a Japanese-style hotel in Sweden
Influences from Swedish architecture and traditional Japanese decoration combine inside this blackened timber extension to a hotel near Stockholm by local firm White Arkitekter (+ slideshow). More
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White Arkitekter adds corrugated copper walls to Norway's Bråtejordet School
This school building in Norway was designed by Swedish firm White Arkitekter with copper walls and a zigzagging green roof to reference the forms and materials of a nearby historic industrial town (+ slideshow). More
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White Arkitekter unveils masterplan for Swedish city relocation
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: this new movie by White Arkitekter reveals the firm's masterplan for the relocation of an entire Swedish city, before continued iron ore mining destabilises the ground beneath it (+ movie). More
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Chameleon Cabin made from paper changes colour when viewed from either side
This corrugated paper cabin designed by architect Mattias Lind is printed to resemble black marble on one side of the folds and white marble on the other so it looks different from either side (+ slideshow). More
