Karlatornet Och Karlastaden 24 April 2022
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Karlatornet is a skyscraper under construction by Serneke in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden. 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 Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer John Merrill. The firm ...
, 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. 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 popula ...
.{{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, 125 m (410 ft) 36 floors,
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, 27 floors,
Capella Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It has the Bayer designation α Aurigae, which is Latinised to Alpha Aurigae and abbreviated Alpha Aur or α Aur. Capella is the sixth-brightest star ...
, 17 floors,
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, 17 floors, Aries, 12 floors,
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, 7 floors


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References

Building and structure articles needing translation from Swedish Wikipedia Gothenburg Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings