Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

Tallest Nordic Hotel: Scandic Victoria Tower

November 24th, 2012 at 11:26 pm » Comments (2)

In Kista Science City, Stockholm, Sweden, this unusual skyscraper tower, named after the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, completed 2011. Scandic Hotel chain is renting Stockholm’s tallest building, also the tallest hotel in Scandinavia. Elected as the hotel building of the year 2012 at the World Architecture Festival i Singapore. The Scandic Victoria Tower Hotel is [...]

Scary Skyscraper: Glass Balcony Height Fright

November 12th, 2012 at 10:09 pm » Comments (1)

Generally in Stockholm, it has not been many skyscrapers built yet despite it being a capital city. Some high houses exists though and one of them is what looks like a rather modest apartment skyscraper of 16 stories only, situated in Bromma, the outburst of Stockholm city. The building has been nominated to Stockholm Building [...]

Turning Torso Twisted Tower Power – Tallest in Sweden

November 6th, 2012 at 4:15 pm » Comments (5)

The very first tourist attraction that was on our list at our Europe trip in August this year, was the most creative apartment/office building in Sweden when it comes to the art and science of architecture, called the Turning Torso. It’s situated in the west of the harbor in Malmö city, in the south of [...]