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

DIG-IT Lab aims to leverage benefits of digitalisation for more efficient and sustainable buildings
Several researchers from the Architecture and the Built Environment field will participate in the new DIG-IT Lab research centre, an evolution of KTH Live-In Lab. The centre's purpose is to reduce the...
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The Ocean – a contemporary history
Tirza Meyer is a contemporary historian and a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy and History, who has come to devote her work to the ocean. After studying how the United Nations C...
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Sustainable energy consumption via boosting or nudging - what works best?
"We are not as rational as we think but need help to make wise decisions in everyday life. That's why we need nudges, interventions that guide our decisions in a certain direction", says the nudge adv...
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"We Swedes need to get our house in order"10 Nov 2023
Calendar
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Licentiate seminars
Monday 2023-12-11, 14:15
Location: M108, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/63877410858
Doctoral student: Qi Zhang , Transportplanering
2023-12-11T14:15:00.000+01:00 2023-12-11T14:15:00.000+01:00 Mobility Knowledge Graph and its Application in Public Transport (Licentiate seminars) M108, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Mobility Knowledge Graph and its Application in Public Transport (Licentiate seminars) -
Real Estate and Finance Seminar
Tuesday 2023-12-12, 10:30 - 12:00
Participating: Martin Hoesli, Jackline Kraiouchkina, and Louis Johner (University of Geneva)
Location: hybrid: V32/Zoom
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/64469967749
2023-12-12T10:30:00.000+01:00 2023-12-12T12:00:00.000+01:00 The Volatility of Listed Real Estate in Europe and Portfolio Implications (Real Estate and Finance Seminar) hybrid: V32/Zoom (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)The Volatility of Listed Real Estate in Europe and Portfolio Implications (Real Estate and Finance Seminar) -
Licentiate seminars
Monday 2023-12-18, 09:00
Location: H1, Teknikringen 33, Stockholm
Doctoral student: Birger Axelsson , Fastighetsekonomi och finans
2023-12-18T09:00:00.000+01:00 2023-12-18T09:00:00.000+01:00 US Equity REIT Returns and Digitalization (Licentiate seminars) H1, Teknikringen 33, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)US Equity REIT Returns and Digitalization (Licentiate seminars)