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
Competence centres
- Centre for Anthropocene History
- Centre for Transport Research Environment with Novel Perspectives (TRENoP)
- Centre for Future Seafood, Blue Food
- Centre for Traffic Research (CTR)
- KTH Center for total defence
- KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory (EHL)
- Road2Science
- Sustainable Finance Lab
- WaterCentre@KTH
Tracking the spread of microplastics
Microplastics are spread by currents and waves across the world's oceans, threatening both ecosystems and human health. In ongoing research, KTH researcher is developing a new modelling tool to track ...
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Polar researcher: Superpowers are taking what they want
Donald Trump's ambition to take over Greenland does not surprise Kati Lindström, associate professor and polar researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. According to her, it is yet another sign...
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Ethics in the Light of Flames
Using the tools of philosophy, Mateusz Sosnowski examines the underlying values behind equivalent and satisfactory fire risk management. For those working in fire services and related organizations, t...
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- Tracking the spread of microplastics
29 Jan 2026
- Enactment of the Authentic Original: Conservation-restoration of kalkmålningar in Swedish churches
28 Jan 2026
- New study enables safe reuse of concrete
28 Jan 2026
- Polar researcher: Superpowers are taking what they want
15 Jan 2026
- A Mechanistic Framework for Evaluating the Performance of Asphalt Pavements Subjected to Frost Heave
9 Jan 2026
Calendar
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Public defences of doctoral theses
Tuesday 2026-02-10, 10:00
Location: Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/61921110809
Doctoral student: Joseph Llewellyn , Strategiska hållbarhetsstudier, MIT Senseable City Lab/Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan Solutions, SEED
2026-02-10T10:00:00.000+01:00 2026-02-10T10:00:00.000+01:00 Aligning Governmental Policy Intervention Gaps with Citizen Consumption Actions (Public defences of doctoral theses) Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Aligning Governmental Policy Intervention Gaps with Citizen Consumption Actions (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2026-02-13, 13:00
Location: F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/69098292063
Doctoral student: Hélène Svahn Garreau , Arkitektur, kultur och miljö
2026-02-13T13:00:00.000+01:00 2026-02-13T13:00:00.000+01:00 The Enactment of the Authentic Original: Conservation-restoration of kalkmålningar in Swedish curches around 1850–1980 (Public defences of doctoral theses) F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)The Enactment of the Authentic Original: Conservation-restoration of kalkmålningar in Swedish curches around 1850–1980 (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Conferences and symposiums
Tuesday 2026-02-17, 09:00 - 16:00
Location: Osquars backe 5
2026-02-17T09:00:00.000+01:00 2026-02-17T16:00:00.000+01:00 Symposium at the A-school (Conferences and symposiums) Osquars backe 5 (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Symposium at the A-school (Conferences and symposiums)