Nominees 2023: Architecture

Ladan
(Johan Sundberg Arkitektur)

On the grounds of a historical farm tucked in the soft hills of Skåne in southern Sweden, Johan Sundberg built a little shed: a humble, almost archetypical building, at the same time contemporary and refined. Daylight shines through the gaps in the wooden façade, accentuating its clear, calm structure. There are no direct sun rays and sharp shadows, but uniform reflected light. At dusk, the building turns into a cutting-edge light sculpture, floating amidst darkened trees and grasses.

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Vårbergstoppen Utsiktsplatser
(AndrénFogelström)

Carefully designed lookout points at the manmade park Vårbergstoppen in Stockholm, an innovative project creating meeting places and enabling access to public space. The park landscape features by two manmade peaks around a large round 100-meter crater. The character and geometry of the landscape served as essential inspiration for the project.

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Wisdome Stockholm
(Elding Oscarson)

An extension of Tekniska Museet (Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology) featuring a visualization dome, a spherical space where visualization technology achieves an embracing audiovisual experience, along with a café and an exhibition hall. The building splices together museum functions around an unused courtyard, and though the dome function is tall, the addition is sensitive to the vaulted hall and lower buildings defining the courtyard today.

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