A new generation of architects – children of the 60s and 70s – are beginning to make names for themselves in Sweden, very much due to private clients, but hitherto have had difficulty in landing major public projects. Through this exhibition the Museum hopes to make the architecture of the younger generation known to a wider public. Orangery by Dynamo Stockholm Arkitekter AB. Photo: Ulf Palm.

Of course the exhibition ”Young Swedish Architecture” does not include all the good young Swedish architecture there is to see but the exhibition does give an insight into the best of young Swedish housing architecture which can be essentially termed interactive, changeable and lean.

Half of these were selected. The selection was based on the following criteria:

• Players with more than one good project completed were given priority.
• The players were to represent different parts of Sweden.
• Just as in the schools of architecture, there was to be an even balance of the sexes.
• Preferably, the players should not be more than 40 years old.

The exhibitors were asked to present projects defining them in their profession as architects. The result is a kind of architectural graffiti, a buzz of expression.

Architects taking part

Arkitektstudio Widjedal, Racki, Bergerhoff
Erik Andersson Architects
Per Bornstein & Mattias Lind/White
Dynamo Stockholm Arkitekter AB
Jonas Elding
General Architecture
Igloo arkitekter
Carmen Izquierdo Arkitektkontor
Mats Karlsson Arkitekter
Kjellander & Sjöberg Arkitektkontor AB
Kod Arkitekter AB
Marge Arkitekter AB
Movado Arkitekter
Josefina Nordmark/MAF Arkitektkontor AB
Johannes Norlander Arkitektur AB
QPG AB
Servo
Spetz & Holst Arkitekter
TAF Arkitektkontor AB
Testbedstudio
Tham & Videgård Hansson arkitekter
Vera Arkitekter AB

Quotations

The architects answered some questions. Here you can read some of the answers.