Bofills Båge (Swedish: "Bofill's Crescent") is a residential building on

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, at . The building was designed by the Spanish architect

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and constructed between 1991 and 1992. The building complex is formed by the

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-shaped building with a diameter of 180 metres, along with a total of five smaller apartment buildings. The complex contains about 300 apartments, shops, offices and underground parking space. It forms part of a large urban redevelopment where the old southern railyard was converted into city blocks mainly with housing developments. The Crescent is flanked by Söder Torn, a residential highrise building designed by

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. In the architect's words, "The crescent façade is of simple, pure lines in accordance with traditional Nordic architecture."

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Ricardo Bofill: Bofills Båge
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bofills bage Residential buildings completed in 1992 1992 establishments in Sweden Residential buildings in Sweden Buildings and structures in Stockholm Crescents (architecture) Ricardo Bofill buildings Postmodern architecture

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