Nordic Horizons: March 2015

Monday, March 9, 2015

Stockholm Waterfront

Stockholm Waterfront in full harmonic integration with 2 iconic buildings, Stockholm Central Station (foreground) and Ragnar Östberg´s City Hall,the most important Landmark of the City since 1923.

The complex is built for three functions called: Waterfront

Building (for offices) Radisson Blu Stockholm Waterfront

(Hotel) and Stockholm Waterfront Congress center.

Stockholm Waterfront by WHITE, Sweden.

Client: Jarl Asset Management.

Project timeline: 2005-2011

Functions: Hotel, Offices and Congress Center.

418 Hotel Rooms. 3000 Seats for the Congress Center.

Team: Bengt Svensson, (Main Architect)

Hans Forsmark, Raimo Joss, Bengt Mührer, Linda Thiel, Karin Planting-Bergloo

Photos: © Al Oliver, 2015.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Nyhavn | Copenhagen | Denmark

Vintage houses in all of their colorful glory along Nyhavn (New Harbor) Copenhagen, Denmark. The bustling and perhaps most visited area in the city. Boasting perfectly preserved houses dating back from the 17th Century, and pedestrianized in 1980, Nyhavn is today an entertainment area lined by cafes, bars and restaurants and visited by locals and people from all corners of the world.

The Northern side (featured in the picture) is lined by cheerful colored houses built with both wood and bricks, being the oldest of the buildings the House with the number 9, which dates from 1681.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Stockholm | Central Station

Stockholm Central Station, Sweden´s busiest train Station with over 250,000 passengers per day, is one of the most important communication Hubs in the Country. Since 2008, Jernhusen AB commissioned to the prestigious Tengbom Architects Studio the task of rebuilding, renovating and expanding the building in order to adapt it to the New demands of a growing City.

Visit Tengbom Architects web site in order to find out more about this challenging and exciting project.