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Origo wins Malmö city’s sustainability award
September 3, 2020
When designing Origo, an office building in Hyllie, Malmö, we wanted to create a modern and sustainable workspace that ensured the wellbeing of the tenants while promoting effectivity. Origo has now been prized for its sustainability, winning Malmö city’s award “Gröna Lansen” for best sustainable building in the city.
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Sweden’s largest reuse project nominated for an international design award
September 2, 2020
Our sustainable interior design in Selma Lagerlöf's Center is among the nominees for one of the most prestigious awards in interior design; The SBID International Design Awards. A nomination that highlights the benefits of reuse.
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White Arkitekter Joins the New UN Hub for the 2030 Agenda
August 19, 2020
As the only company, White Arkitekter will partake in the Sweden Local 2030 Hub together with Global Utmaning and partners. The hub is a platform for capacity building, knowledge sharing and collaboration with the aim of accelerating the local implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Hälsostaden Wins the 2020 Architectural Award of Ängelholm
August 14, 2020
The renewal of Hälsostaden, that we have realised on behalf of Hälsostaden Ängelholm AB, has been awarded the 2020 Architectural Award of Ängelholm. The jury highlights the broad register of architectural qualities; sense of material and form, views, variety and patterns.
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Climate Innovation District wins Housing Design Award
July 15, 2020
White Arkitekter’s Climate Innovation District in Leeds, UK, has been named as one of this year’s winning schemes at the Housing Design Awards. These prestigious cross-industry awards aim to drive quality in the whole process of housing delivery.
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Two of our architects join NLA’s Expert Panels
July 3, 2020
We are delighted to announce that we have two architects that will be joining NLA’s Expert Panels 2020. Linda Thiel will be joining the expert panel for Housing while Charlotte Ruben will be a part of the expert panel for Healthcare.
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What Stora Enso’s New Head Office could look like
June 24, 2020
Here is our proposal in the competition to design Stora Enso’s new office and a hotel in Katajanokka, Helsinki. It is a showcase for carbon neutral timber construction with a robust grid offering flexibility of use and configuration over the buliding’s life span.
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SJ’s Coach Interior Wins Prestigious Design Award
June 24, 2020
We are proud that SJ won the prize Best of the Best in the international design competition Red Dot Design Award. They are praised for the upcoming X2000 Train Coach Interior, which was a good, joyful and, for us, unusual collaboration between Happy F&B, SJ and White Arkitekter.
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White Arkitekter wins competition to design new waterfront park in Bergen
June 19, 2020
Today White Arkitekter was selected as the winner of the competition to design a new beach park and sea bath in Bergen, Norway. The proposal, called True Blue, is based on water, which is the most tangible element in Bergen. The exciting architectural approach creates a park which is both beautiful and sustainable.
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Circular Architecture is a Winning Concept
June 4, 2020
In order to limit climate change and preserve the Earth’s resources society needs to transition from a linear to a circular economy. There is a need for new ways of working and new business models that can facilitate the transition process. In the Selma Lagerlöf Centre in Gothenburg, White – through strong will and creativity – has succeeded in creating one of 2019’s best Swedish interior design projects, with 92% reused furniture- resulting in 70 percent lower costs compared with the use of new materials.