White Arkitekter is an

architectural firm In the United States, an architectural firm or architecture firm is a business that employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture; while in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and other countri ...

based in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

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. It is the biggest firm in Scandinavia, with more than 900 employees. The company has 16 offices in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and England.

Background

The firm was founded in Gothenburg in 1951 by architects Sidney White (1917–1982) and P. A. Ekholm, and has since established offices in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

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 ...

Halmstad Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Socia ...

, Linköping,

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

Västerås Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049. Västerås ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, and

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

. White Arkitekter has a shared ownership model between their employees, with more than 600 shareholders, of which ~130 are partners.

Notable projects

Skellefteå Culture Centre
- Timber high rise which will house a new Culture centre and a hotel and northern Sweden in 2021.
Relocation of the city centre of Kiruna
(2012-2040) - one of the biggest urban transformations of our time. The entire city will be moved approximately 3 km (2 miles) east.
Kastrup Sea Bath

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

(2009) - a 328 foot long pier, redeveloping an industrial, rocky shoreline on the

Øresund Strait Øresund or Öresund (, ; da, Øresund ; sv, Öresund ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Denmark–Sweden border, Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a ...

.
Väven

(2014) -

Kasper Salin Prize The Kasper Salin Prize ( sv, Kasper Salin-priset) is a prize awarded annually by Architects Sweden () to a Swedish building or building project "of high architectural quality". It is considered the most prestigious architectural prize in the countr ...

-winning Cultural centre in Umeå designed in collaboration with Norwegian practice Snøhetta. *

Umeå East Station Umeå East Station (Swedish: ''Umeå Östra'') is a railway station in Umeå, Sweden. The station was opened on 7 August 2010, with King Carl XVI Gustaf officially opening the station on 28 August. It was built in connection with the construction ...

(2010) Railway station in Umeå built in connection to Bothnia Line (Botniabanan) in Northern Sweden.
New Karolinska Solna University hospital
– an ultramodern hospital facility which will open for business in 2018.

Awards

*RIBA Regional Awards East 2013 - Southend Pier Cultural Centre, UK *Kasper Salin Prize 2014 - Väven Cultural Centre, Sweden File:Gothia Towers, one bridge A.jpg,

Gothia Towers The Gothia Towers, in Gothenburg, Sweden, is the largest hotel in the Nordic countries. Part of the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre ( sv, Svenska Mässan) is an exhibition and convention centre ...

, 1984 File:Oslo Plaza 270620085486.jpg,

Oslo Plaza Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslo, formerly Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel, Oslo, known locally as Oslo Plaza, is situated in Oslo city centre. At tall, it is Norway's second tallest building. The building was designed by the architectural firm White.se ...

, 1989 File:Kista Science Tower.jpg,

Kista Science Tower Kista Science Tower is a 32-story, skyscraper in Kista, Stockholm, Sweden. With its roof-top antenna, its height is , making it one of the tallest buildings in the country, just right in between Turning Torso and Scandic Victoria Tower. The bla ...

, 2003 File:Umeå Östra.jpg,

, 2010 File:Arkitekthsk.jpg,

Umeå School of Architecture Umeå School of Architecture (abbreviated UMA) was founded in 2009 as the fourth academic school in Sweden to provide a professional degree in architecture. It is part of Umeå University. The five-year architectural programme started in fall 2 ...

, 2010 File:Waterfront building Stockholm 2010a.jpg,

Stockholm Waterfront Stockholm Waterfront, consists of three separate buildings for conferences, hotel and offices. The buildings are located at Klarabergsviadukten in central Stockholm, at the place where previously stood, overlooking Riddarfjärden. The complex is ...

, 2011 File:Bildmuseet February 2013.jpg, Bildmuseet, 2012 File:Tele2 Arena juni 2013a 04.jpg,

Tele2 Arena The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football m ...

, 2013

References

External links

White.se
— Official website {{Authority control Architecture firms of Sweden Companies based in Gothenburg Design companies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Sweden