OMA's prefabricated concrete tower has "echoes of brutalist architecture"
Innovationen Tower, a 125-metre high tower formed of stacked precast concrete modules, has completed as part of an OMA-designed housing development in Stockholm. More
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BIG's prefabricated timber housing in Stockholm is designed to be "manmade hillside"
Bjarke Ingels' architecture studio BIG has completed a modular apartment block called 79 & Park in Stockholm that looks like a verdant wooden hillside. More
Stockholm blocks Chipperfield's Nobel Center, Foster's Apple Store and city's Olympic bid
Stockholm's new council is stopping development of an Apple Store by Foster + Partners and the David Chipperfield-designed Nobel Center, as well as halting the city's Winter Olympic bid. More
New visuals revealed of Herzog & de Meuron's Gasklockan tower for Stockholm
New visualisations have been released of the 90-metre-high tower Herzog & de Meuron is proposing in Stockholm, to replace a 1930s gasholder. More
David Shrigley's inflatable Swan-things collapse and spring to life in 12-minute cycles
British artist David Shrigley has filled a gallery in Stockholm's Spritmuseum with giant inflatable swans, which inflate and deflate in cycles of 12 minutes. More
Urban Nouveau wants to save Stockholm's Gamla Lidingöbron bridge by building homes in it
Swedish studio Urban Nouveau is offering an alternative to the demolition of a 1920s bridge in Stockholm – transform it by adding apartments and a linear park. More
Anders Berensson Architects proposes "wooden skyscraper city" for Stockholm
Anders Berensson Architects has unveiled plans for a conceptual housing development on Stockholm's waterfront containing 31 cross-laminated timber towers. More
Arklab creates matching larch-clad houses with "the same DNA"
Swedish architecture studio Arklab has completed a pair of "sibling" houses in the German town of Heidelberg that feature unique angled forms to ensure they do not overlook one another. More
Note Design Studio's small city apartments are designed for socialising
Creating enough space for long dinners with friends was a top priority for Note Design Studio when designing the interiors of this block of compact apartments in Stockholm. More
David Chipperfield Architects "disappointed" after Nobel Center project is blocked by court
A Swedish court has blocked construction of David Chipperfield's £100 million Nobel Center in Stockholm, stating that it would cause "significant damage" to the city's historic waterfront. More
New road in Sweden charges electric cars as they drive along it
A road that recharges the batteries of electric vehicles as they drive has opened on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. More
André Pihl designs "bat-shaped" summer house to make the most of sea views
Full-height windows set into the angled facades of this summer house provide views of the Swedish archipelago from a living space and two adjoining bedroom wings. More
Swedish government introduces new benchmarks for architecture and design
The Swedish government has introduced new architecture and design targets to make Sweden a more "sustainable, equal and less segregated society". More
Millimeter Arkitekter transforms Stockholm cinema into L'Avventura restaurant
Ornately painted walls, velvet furnishings and a pair of olive trees create a decadent setting for this Italian restaurant within an early 20th-century cinema, in Sweden's capital. More
Reconfigurable apartment allows residents to transform their living spaces
The next instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an experimental apartment by Swedish firm White Arkitekter, which can be reconfigured according to the needs of its residents. More
UNStudio unveils plans for Gothenburg cable car
Dutch office UNStudio has designed a cable car system for Gothenburg that will be supported by a network of latticed towers based on shipyard cranes. More
Triangular timber roof shelters the ruins of Sweden's oldest church
AIX Arkitekter has completed an exhibition hall and shelter, to protect the site of a ninth-century church in the village of Varnhem, southwest Sweden. More
Plantagon designs office block containing a 60-metre-high urban farm
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal for an office tower that doubles as a vertical farm, by Swedish architecture firm Plantagon. More
Hus Nilsson is a Swedish summer house with living spaces connected to a sea-facing terrace
A painted-brick fireplace separates areas for living and dining at this summer house designed by London-based architect Tina Bergman for a plot facing out towards the sea on Sweden's east coast. More
At Six was designed to be Scandinavia's best luxury hotel, says Universal Design Studio
Universal Design Studio's Hannah Carter Owers explains how her team transformed a brutalist bank headquarters into an art-filled hotel, in this movie filmed ahead of the AHEAD Europe hospitality awards. More