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White Arkitekter Featured in The Guardian for Stockholm Wood City

White Arkitekter is once again proud to be featured in The Guardian, this time for our involvement in Stockholm Wood City – a groundbreaking initiative led by Atrium Ljungberg. The article highlights how this landmark initiative is not only setting new sustainability benchmarks, but also redefining how we experience cities.

Set to become the world’s largest urban development project in wood, Stockholm Wood City is transforming Sickla into a climate-smart district with 25 neighbourhoods covering 250,000 square metres, and construction already underway.

At the heart of this transformative project is a shared vision between developers, architects, and engineers to rethink how cities are built. As the article notes, timber enables faster, cleaner, and quieter construction while significantly lowering the carbon footprint.

White Arkitekter’s Oskar Norelius, Office Director in Stockholm and a leading voice in timber architecture, was interviewed in the article. Norelius has also been co-lead architect behind the award-winning Sara Kulturhus in Skellefteå, another timber landmark – also previously featured in The Guardian. His reflections underscore the architectural philosophy behind Stockholm Wood City: sustainability is not only a technical achievement but also something that enhances people’s wellbeing.

 

The timber should be part of the experience from the street… Wood regulates indoor humidity, creating a naturally comfortable climate throughout the year. Beyond that, studies show that visible timber has psychological benefits – it reduces stress, helps children concentrate better, and even supports faster recovery in patients.
says Oskar Norelius to The Guardian

As noted in the article, Sweden’s leadership in timber construction is unmatched, thanks to both a long tradition of forestry and progressive building regulations.

“While other countries often have the knowledge, they haven’t implemented it at scale like Sweden has,” adds Norelius in the interview.

Stockholm Wood City is not only a technical achievement – it’s a symbol of what can happen when sustainability, innovation, and collaboration meet at scale.

We are honoured to work alongside Atrium Ljungberg and all our project partners in shaping a new chapter in urban development.

We are honoured to be part of this transformation alongside Atrium Ljungberg and our project partners. Stockholm Wood City is a project of unprecedented scale and ambition, showing that sustainable architecture can also be deeply human, inspiring, and rooted in place.

Read the full article here, written by Jonna Dagliden Hunt.

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