White Arkitekter
White Arkitekter's Stockholm office which was awarded the Kasper Salin Prize in 2003
Practice information
Founded1951
LocationGothenburg, Sweden

White Arkitekter is an architectural firm based in Gothenburg, Sweden. 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 (19171982) and P. A. Ekholm, and has since established offices in Stockholm, Malmö, Halmstad, Linköping, Örebro, Uppsala, Umeå, Västerås, London, and Oslo. White Arkitekter has a shared ownership model between their employees, with more than 600 shareholders, of which ~130 are partners.[1]

Notable projects

Awards

  • RIBA Regional Awards East 2013 - Southend Pier Cultural Centre, UK[3]
  • Kasper Salin Prize 2014 - Väven Cultural Centre, Sweden

References

  1. "About us". white.se. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  2. Miyoko Ohtake (July–August 2009). "Dunkin' Danish". Dwell. pp. 66, 68. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. Laura Mark (12 June 2013). "RIBA Regional Awards winners 2013". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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