Karlatornet is a skyscraper under construction by
Serneke
Serneke Group AB, commonly known as Serneke (), is a construction and development company based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Serneke was founded in 2002 as Serneke och Fagerberg bygg och konsult AB, later shortened to SEFA. The company was renamed Serne ...
in
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Places
* Lindholmen, Gothenburg, a district on the island of Hisingen
* Lindholmen, Karlskrona, an island south of Karlskrona
* Lindholmen, Vallentuna, a locality in Stockholm County
Other uses
* Lindholmen Castle, a for ...
in
Gothenburg
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,
Sweden
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. When finished, it will reach as high as 245 meters, with 73 floors from the ground.
The building's architect firm is
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel A. Owings, Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer Jo ...
, and it is being built by Serneke Group AB. It is planned to be finished in 2023.
When completed, it will reach 245 meters tall (804 ft), and will be the tallest building in the
Nordic countries
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.
On 22 September 2022, the tower reached this milestone at 193 meters, officially surpassing
Turning Torso
Turning Torso is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper built in Malmö, Sweden in 2005. It was formerly the tallest building in the Nordic region until September 2022, when it was surpassed by Karlatornet in Gothenburg, which is still under ...
in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...
.
[{{cite news, url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/nu-ar-karlatornet-hogst-i-norden, title=Nu är Karlatornet högst i Norden, publisher=SVT Nyheter, author=Julia Kero, language=Swedish, date=22 September 2022, accessdate=30 September 2022]
Karlatornet is one out of 9 buildings that will be parts of ''the Karlastaden complex''.
Other buildings are:
Cassiopeja, 147 m (482 ft) 43 floors,
Auriga
AURIGA (''Antenna Ultracriogenica Risonante per l'Indagine Gravitazionale Astronomica'') is an ultracryogenic resonant bar gravitational wave detector in Italy. It is at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclea ...
, 125 m (410 ft) 36 floors,
Virgo
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*Virgo (astrology), the sixth astrological sign of the zodiac
* Virgo (constellation), a constellation
*Virgo Cluster, a cluster of galaxies in the constellation Virgo
*Virgo Stellar Stream, remains of a dwarf galaxy
* Virgo Su ...
, 27 floors,
Capella
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, 17 floors,
Lynx
A lynx is a type of wild cat.
Lynx may also refer to:
Astronomy
* Lynx (constellation)
* Lynx (Chinese astronomy)
* Lynx X-ray Observatory, a NASA-funded mission concept for a next-generation X-ray space observatory
Places Canada
* Lynx, Ontar ...
, 17 floors,
Aries
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*Aries (astrology), an astrological sign
*Aries (constellation), a constellation of stars in the zodiac
Arts, entertainment and media
* ''Aries'' (album), by Luis Miguel, 1993
* ''Aries'' (EP), by Alice Chater, 2020
* "Aries" ...
, 12 floors,
Callisto Callisto most commonly refers to:
*Callisto (mythology), a nymph
*Callisto (moon), a moon of Jupiter
Callisto may also refer to:
Art and entertainment
*''Callisto series'', a sequence of novels by Lin Carter
*''Callisto'', a novel by Torsten Kro ...
, 7 floors
External links
WebsiteWebsite of Karlastaden
References
Building and structure articles needing translation from Swedish Wikipedia
Gothenburg
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings