White (architecture firm)
| White | |
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 White's Stockholm office which was awarded the Kasper Salin Prize in 2003 | |
| Practice information | |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
White is an architectural firm based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is the biggest firm in Scandinavia, with more than 800 team members. The company has 14 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, Malmö, Halmstad, Linköping, Örebro, Uppsala, Umeå, Västerås, Copenhagen, Næstved, Holeby, London, and Oslo. White has a shared ownership model between their employees, with more than 500 shareholders, of which 122 are partners.[1]
Notable projects
- Kastrup Sea Bath, Denmark (2009) - a 328 foot long pier, redeveloping an industrial, rocky shoreline on the Øresund Strait.[2]
- Väven, Sweden (2014) - Kasper Salin Prize-winning Cultural centre in Umeå designed in collaboration with Norwegian practice Snøhetta.
- Umeå East station, Sweden (2010) Railway station in Umeå built in connection to Bothnia Line (Botniabanan) in Northern Sweden.
Awards
- RIBA Regional Awards East 2013 - Southend Pier Cultural Centre, UK[3]
- Kasper Salin Prize 2014 - Väven Cultural Centre, Sweden
- Project gallery
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Gothia Towers 1984
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Oslo Plaza 1989
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Kista Science Tower 2003
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Umeå East Station 2010
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Stockholm Waterfront 2011
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Bildmuseet 2012
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Tele2 Arena 2013
References
- ↑ "About us". white.se. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ↑ Miyoko Ohtake (July–August 2009). "Dunkin' Danish". Dwell. pp. 66, 68. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ Laura Mark (12 June 2013). "RIBA Regional Awards winners 2013". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External links
- White.se — Official website
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