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
Smart Design, Control, and Optimization of Thermal Energy Storage
Amirmohammad Behzadi at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, will publicly defend his doctoral thesis on 28 August 2025.
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Trees important for lowering outdoor temperatures in cities
Surface temperatures in a city are affected by trees. This is shown by measurements that researchers Ulla Mörtberg, professor of energy systems analysis and environmental assessment, and Elina Merdyms...
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KTH project secures major funding to make climate-neutral cities a reality
Urban areas contribute to more than 60 percent of global greenhouse emissions. With cities around the world tackling climate change and extreme weather events, a research initiative at KTH Royal Insti...
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- Mainstreaming Sustainable Consumption: Practices, Perspectives, and the Case of Food
18 Aug 2025
- Smart Design, Control, and Optimization of Thermal Energy Storage
12 Aug 2025
- Trees important for lowering outdoor temperatures in cities
26 Jun 2025
- Violent crime linked to wealth gap in richest countries
18 Jun 2025
- KTH launches new centre for total defence
18 Jun 2025
Calendar
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Public defences of doctoral theses
Wednesday 2025-09-10, 13:00
Location: F3, Lindstedtvägen 26 and 28, Campus, public video conference
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/63206599616
Doctoral student: Thomas Harbøll Schrøder , Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö, SPHERE
2025-09-10T13:00:00.000+02:00 2025-09-10T13:00:00.000+02:00 Where the Wind Blows (Public defences of doctoral theses) F3, Lindstedtvägen 26 and 28, Campus, public video conference (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Where the Wind Blows (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2025-09-12, 13:00
Location: F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm
Doctoral student: Chero Eliassi , Arkitektur, kultur och miljö, chero@kth.se
2025-09-12T13:00:00.000+02:00 2025-09-12T13:00:00.000+02:00 Diasporic Welfare Landscapes (Public defences of doctoral theses) F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Diasporic Welfare Landscapes (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2025-09-26, 09:00
Location: Gradängsalen, Room 5703, Teknikringen 1, Campus, public video conference
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/61851386411
Doctoral student: Yat Yin Lai , Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik
2025-09-26T09:00:00.000+02:00 2025-09-26T09:00:00.000+02:00 Navigating within the planetary limits (Public defences of doctoral theses) Gradängsalen, Room 5703, Teknikringen 1, Campus, public video conference (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Navigating within the planetary limits (Public defences of doctoral theses)