White (architecture firm) explained

White Arkitekter
City:	Gothenburg, Sweden
Founded:	1951

White Arkitekter is an architectural firm based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is the biggest firm in Scandinavia, with more than 900 employees.^[1] 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, 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.^[2]

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 (2009) - a 328 foot long pier, redeveloping an industrial, rocky shoreline on the Øresund Strait.^[3]
• 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.
• 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^[4]
• Kasper Salin Prize 2014 - Väven Cultural Centre, Sweden

External links

• White.se — Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Architects . Scandinavian . August 31, 2019 . White Arkitekter . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211202224142/http://www.scandinavian-architects.com/white-arkitekter-goteborg . December 2, 2021 . May 10, 2024 . scandinavian - architects.com.
2. Web site: About us. white.se. 2013-08-02.
3. News: Miyoko Ohtake . Dunkin' Danish . . 66, 68 . July–August 2009 . 24 June 2014 .
4. News: Laura Mark . RIBA Regional Awards winners 2013 . Architects' Journal . 12 June 2013 . 24 June 2014 .