School of Architecture and the Built Environment
Our research and educational programmes relates to the future of our society; how cities, buildings and infrastructure will be designed and built, how institutions and regulatory systems should be developed to produce a good living environment, and how to provide good development conditions for business.
The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is comprised of six departments and seven centres for advanced research.
The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is one of five schools at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Departments

Compact living helps reach climate targets
Swedes should live smaller - for the sake of the climate. But how cramped are we willing to live? Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology will investigate this in a study on the limits of our...
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Three SEED researchers have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers
Three young researchers from Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers. The funded research...
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Sustainability in focus when this year's best upper secondary school projects were awarded
For the second year in a row, upper secondary school pupils have been able to compete in the ‘Sustainable Generation’ competition for the best upper secondary school project in sustainable development...
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- From efficiency to sufficiency: results from the first four years of Mistra Sustainable Consumption
3 Feb 2025
- Compact living helps reach climate targets
29 Jan 2025
- Yue Wang has received an IAWS award for excellence in PhD research
14 Jan 2025
- Three SEED researchers have received the Formas Career Grant for Early-career Researchers
14 Nov 2024
- To compete globally, Europe’s seafood farmers may get boost from AI research
13 Nov 2024
Calendar
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Licentiate seminars
Wednesday 2025-04-02, 13:00
Location: H1, Teknikringen 33, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/62253015609
Doctoral student: Hsu-Chi Weng , Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system
2025-04-02T13:00:00.000+02:00 2025-04-02T13:00:00.000+02:00 Investigation on Consumer Credit Behavior and the Ability to Make Ends Meet (Licentiate seminars) H1, Teknikringen 33, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Investigation on Consumer Credit Behavior and the Ability to Make Ends Meet (Licentiate seminars) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2025-04-04, 13:00
Location: F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/61533092846
Doctoral student: Jörgen Larsson , Jord- och bergmekanik
2025-04-04T13:00:00.000+02:00 2025-04-04T13:00:00.000+02:00 Approaches for increased accuracy in laboratory direct shear testing (Public defences of doctoral theses) F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Approaches for increased accuracy in laboratory direct shear testing (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Licentiate seminars
Monday 2025-04-07, 14:00
Location: U21, Brinellvägen 28A, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68852520133
Doctoral student: Anastasios Skoufas , Transportplanering
2025-04-07T14:00:00.000+02:00 2025-04-07T14:00:00.000+02:00 Modeling on-board crowding contributions in public transportation systems using automated data sources (Licentiate seminars) U21, Brinellvägen 28A, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Modeling on-board crowding contributions in public transportation systems using automated data sources (Licentiate seminars)