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Housing project in Helsingborg by Wilhelmson Arkitekter

Stockholm architects Wilhelmson Arkitekter have designed a housing project with windows that look like gilded picture frames.

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Designed by professor Anders Wilhelmson, the project is to be built overlooking the sea in Helsingborg, Sweden.

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Pictures are by Peter Thuvander and Danyal Taylan.

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More about Wilhelmson Arkitekter on Dezeen: Peepoo bag by Anders Wilhelmson

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Update: Wilhelmson Arkitekter have sent us a bit more text and some drawings:

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Upper end housing proposed for a site just north of Helsingborg, Sweden. Generous apartments with clear views onto Öresund (the sound between Sweden and Denmark). Denmark is on the horizon.

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2 houses, both with 6 stories. In total 14 apartments (9 of them duplex apartments), 100-170 sqm.
Enameled façade panels, glossy white. Cast aluminium window frames, gold leaf-plated.

Date of design: 2008-2009. Scheduled for planning decision September-October 2009.

Architect: professor Anders Wilhelmson
Collaborators: Danyal Taylan, Elin Rosenberg, Joanna Zawieja, Peter Kinnmark
Client: HSB Nordvästra Skåne