Tag Archives: Sweden

Importing garbage for energy is good business for Sweden

Everyone produces waste, and the Swedes are no different. It’s what they do with it that is unusual. Sweden recycles and sorts its waste so efficiently that less than 1 percent ends up in landfills. But perhaps even more interesting, and somewhat controversial, is that Sweden burns about as much household waste as it recycles, […]

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Architecture in the Materiomic age: Magnus Larsson at TEDxAthens

TEDxAthens is a world-class conference about Innovation, Creativity and Ideas based in Athens, Greece. TEDxAthens is one of the first TEDx events worldwide and the first ever TEDx event in Greece – started in May 2009. Its main goal is to develop and leverage the TED experience at a regional level, uniting innovators, thinkers, inspirational […]

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Memories of architectural landscapes – Snøhetta

The Alexandria Library, the Opera in Oslo and the Memorial Pavilion at Ground Zero in New York – even if you don’t know the name Snøhetta, you’ll know it’s buildings. Meet one of the heads behind – Norwegian architect Kjetil T. Thorsen. Snøhetta is named after a famous mountain in Norway. From the very beginning […]

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12 x NOBEL: Wingårdhs

From the Stockholm Association of Archite. Location: Moderna Museet / The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

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Gert Wingardh interview

Gert Wingardh designs new EF Education First North American headquarters post by EF Hello World Gert Wingårdh (born 1951) is a Swedish architect whose company, Wingårdh arkitektkontor, maintains an international practice.Gert Wingårdh started as an interior decorator in the 1970s.After graduating he joined an architectural firm for a short while before setting up his own […]

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Clarion Hotel Sign by Gert Wingårdh

With 558 rooms, Clarion Hotel Sign is the largest hotel in Stockholm and offers an extraordinary concept featuring Scandinavian architecture, design and culinary arts. post by Anant Vithlani Gert Wingårdh (born 1951) is a Swedish architect whose company, Wingårdh arkitektkontor, maintains an international practice. Gert Wingårdh started as an interior decorator in the 1970s. After […]

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Traditional Swedish Woodworking: Clogs, Spoons and Chairs

This is a video shot in 1923 for Swedish television, or at least featured there, which films several people working on different woodworking projects with simple hand operated tools. by Ross Gilmore

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Interview with Claesson Koivisto Rune (eng subtitles)

The Stockholm trio chatted with Azure while in Toronto last January to inaugurate Ceremony, a tray and a milk vessel with a wooden stopper, for design showroom Mjölk. by azuremagazine Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish multidisciplinary design/architecture office based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1995 by former University College of Arts classmates […]

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VILLA ATRIUM by PÅL ROSS

Architect Pål Ross has received awards for The most beautiful villa in Sweden and the Architectural Award for best new building for its roots in the Swedish … Post youtube by tubenrulle

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A movie about Eriksdalslunden, Location Analysis – KTH Architecture

A location analysis of Eriksdalslunden in Stockholm for upcoming project about nursing home.KTH Royal Institute of Technology Architecture (Stockholm, Sweden) by KTHArchitectureLL7

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