Stockholm has a long history of creating
unique spaces with functional purposes.
From Neoclassicism to postmodernism,
Stockholm has pushed the envelope
of design and construction.
Join us as we explore five of Stockholm’s
iconic buildings and see how these projects
left their architectural marks on the city.
The Ericsson Globe has hosted some of the
largest and most memorable events in the country.
This postmodern building,
designed by Svante Berg and Lars Vretblad in 1986,
was constructed over a three-year period.
The Globe is designed to represent the Sun
in the largest scale model of the solar system
made up of buildings all around Sweden.
The Globe sets a precedent for being the world’s
largest spherical building at 85 meters high
and 110 meters in diameter.
It was built using a frame of 48 curved columns.
In 2010, an inclined elevator
that traverses the curvature of the Globe was added,
offering a 360-degree view of Stockholm.
The Ericsson Globe’s unique architecture
continues to impress more than
30 years after its construction.
The Stockholm City Hall, completed in 1923,
houses the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm
and is best known for hosting the Nobel Prize banquet.
It was built in the National Romantic style,
for which architect Ragnar Östberg was famous.
Östberg was inspired by the Renaissance palaces
and the Italian “piazzas” and designed the
City Hall to have a similar look.
The building was constructed using 8.5 million red bricks.
However, World War I broke out before
the construction was completed and
rising material prices almost halted
the completion of the project.
To mitigate this, Stockholm’s citizens agreed
to buy copper plates that would make up the
City Hall’s roof,
leaving a legacy of contribution for
many families still living in the city.
The Stockholm Public Library, 
designed by Gunnar Asplund, 
is an example of the gradual shift from 
classicism to functionalism in Swedish architecture. 
Completed in 1932, it was the first public library
in Sweden to showcase open shelving.
It was built using iron and concrete structural beams
and brick walls covered with orange 
and ocher rose colored stucco. 
This square building with a cylinder-shaped rotunda
 set a precedent with its unique shape.
Its rotunda was optimized to allow
indirect natural lighting to enter
throughout the year while keeping a cool temperature
to protect the books within the library walls.
Almost a century old, the Stockholm Library 
still draws crowds from Sweden and 
all around the world to this day.
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The Aula Medica Building, at the Karolinska Institute, 
is a lecture hall known for its unique, abstract shape.
Completed in 2013, this 1,000-seat lecture hall 
designed by Wingårdh Architects 
set itself apart through its design,
which used the limited space available for its construction.
Architects found that they could maximize their building space 
 by sloping the building’s façade sharply outward, 
making each floor larger than the one below. 
The supporting steel framework, weighing 840 tons,
is housed on the top two floors 
and radiates out in the shape of a fan. 
As a result, this innovative design
makes it unnecessary for internal columns 
to be used in the lecture hall.
The structure’s façade is clad with
6,000 panes of glass 
This creates a dazzling visual effect
in this distinctive, practical space.
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Construction on the Woodland Cemetery began in 1917
 and was completed over a period of time through 1940
in a Nordic Classicism, modernist and functional style.
Architects Asplund and Lewerentz were
inspired to strike a balance between their designs 
and the natural environment
in this practical, funerary space.
As a result, the Skogskapellet chapel 
was designed to fit into the forest landscape 
using an archetypal Swedish building style.
In addition, a route through the cemetery 
allows visitors to explore the vast grounds,
leading them to the crematorium and
 chapels of the Holy Cross, Faith and Hope,
which were designed in a more 
modernist style closer to 1940.
Its unique, thoughtful and poetic design
put the Woodland Cemetery on the list 
of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1994.
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