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CEO Alexandra Hagen summarises 2020
May 7, 2021
Today we release our 2020 Annual and Sustainability Report. And on that occasion, our CEO summarises the past year, which has been marked by both challenges and opportunities in the wake of the pandemic, and we have taken on the tough challenge of making all our projects climate positive by 2030.
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Södra Älvsborg Hospital shortlisted for a European Healthcare Design award
May 5, 2021
Today, the shortlist for the European Healthcare Design 2021 Awards was revealed. And we are very delighted that Södra Älvsborg Hospital Psychiatric Clinic has been shortlisted in the category Mental Health Design.
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The long table at Hamntorget wins Monocle Design Awards
April 29, 2021
The global magazine Monocle is recognising the world’s best design through Monocle Design Awards and the long table at Hamntorget in Stockholm is named the winner in the category of Best Public Furniture.
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Join our free webinar on revolutionising the workplace for healthcare workers
April 28, 2021
As part of the London Festival of Architecture 2021, White Arkitekter is delighted to host a digital roundtable on the subject of why we must revolutionise the workplace for healthcare workers through inclusive design and staff engagement on Tuesday 22 June 2021 at 11:00 GMT/12:00 CET.
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White Arkitekter wins project to revitalise 43.5-hectare site in Montreal
April 28, 2021
Together with Rayside Labossière, White Arkiteter have won a project to revitalise the old Montreal Hippodrome site and develop an inclusive, carbon-neutral district comprising 4 000 – 5 000 new homes. The neighbourhood will be supported by sustainable transportation, new schools and recreation facilities. The proposed new district will seek to provide high quality architecture and landscape design.
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DeepDive: Look up! Let the greenery flourish on the city’s roofs
April 26, 2021
Spring is coming for the greenery on the city’s walls and roofs. White Arkitekter has created a leafy roof garden in the heart of Malmö’s vibrant city life. “As a landscape architect, I see many unused spaces in the city that should be used. The roof terrace is proof of the fantastic green rooms we can create right in the middle of where we are,” says landscape architect Markus Magnusson.
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DeepDive: Climate benefits and community when the rooftops go green
April 23, 2021
When the landscape architecture turns its gaze upwards, we discover new social spaces and unexpected greenery in densely populated towns and cities. Green roofs are beautiful, soothing – and beneficial! They reduce the burden on the surface water system, save energy and benefit the microclimate. On Smörslottsgatan in Gothenburg, a unique roof terrace links the green forest beyond with everyday life.
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DeepDive: Knowledge is the key to solutions that work
April 23, 2021
Research and development is one of the cornerstones of White, we think it's so important that every year we spend 10% of our turnover supporting projects both inside and outside the company. In this way, we build knowledge that benefits us, our customers and society. Jenny Nordius Stålhamre has participated in several projects on urban greenery and is just finishing a report on a new system for façade greening.
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White Arkitekter expand internationally amid pandemic
April 23, 2021
Despite the corona pandemic, we continue to win international competitions and secure more projects outside Sweden. In 2020, we were active on three continents and the international activities accounted for over ten percent of the turnover.
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Competition win for a new residential timber building in Germany
April 19, 2021
In late 2020, we won the invited competition to design a new residential building for serviced living in Liederbach, close to Frankfurt in Germany. The board of the non-profit “Cronstett- und Hynspergische evangelische Stiftung” has now approved the revised design proposal without any further objections.