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.

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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He works for increased innovation through procurement
With order volumes of 60 billion annually - around 1 percent of GDP - the Swedish Transport Administration is one of Sweden's largest procurement organizations. Per Erik Eriksson collaborates with the...
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How do we think about environmental issues in the Arctic and Antarctic?
In February 2017, historian Peder Roberts and colleagues started the ERC project "Greening the Poles: Science, the Environment, and the Creation of the Modern Arctic and Antarctic". The research group...
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Boost interventions were communicated using QR codes posted next to the microwave, shower, and refrigerator. 20 Mar 2023"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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Francisco Vilaplana and Rebecka Milestad have worked on starting KTH FOOD for several years. Photo: Jon Lindhe, KTH 2 Mar 2023KTH FOOD is a new research centre for sustainable and healthy food systems which aims to engage and align the education, research, and outreach competences at KTH towards a sustainable and healthy foo...
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Luigia Brandimarte winner of this year’s KTH Pedagogical Prize. Photo: Magnus Glans 1 Feb 2023“Be creative, cross discipline boundaries and take learning out of the classroom”. This sums up KTH Associate Professor Luigia Brandimarte’s outlook on education methodology. And that outlook helped h...
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The visualization shows a preliminary design of the Ostlänken, part of the new main lines, in the Boksjö area in Norrköping. It shows the tunnel mouth through the Kolmården escarpment and the E4 highway is visible on the left hand side. Illustrationen by the Swedish Transport Administration 8 Dec 2022With order volumes of 60 billion annually - around 1 percent of GDP - the Swedish Transport Administration is one of Sweden's largest procurement organizations. Per Erik Eriksson collaborates with the...
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30 Nov 2022
Go for a night stroll and experience Stockholm’s annual light festival Nobel Week Lights. During December 3-11 you can enjoy light installations in which KTH plays different roles.
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“I like when the questions are big. Some answers to questions that we posed in the project really raised more questions. Overall there is so much still to learn from looking more closely at the politics of natural scientific research in polar environments,” says Peder Roberts. 16 Nov 2022In February 2017, historian Peder Roberts and colleagues started the ERC project "Greening the Poles: Science, the Environment, and the Creation of the Modern Arctic and Antarctic". The research group...
Calendar
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Licentiate seminars
Tuesday 2023-03-21, 13:00
Location: B3, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/64511791694
Doctoral student: Martin Larsson , Byggnadsmaterial, VTI - Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut
2023-03-21T13:00:00.000+01:00 2023-03-21T13:00:00.000+01:00 Cycle paths’ degradation processes and surface condition assessment (Licentiate seminars) B3, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Cycle paths’ degradation processes and surface condition assessment (Licentiate seminars) -
Licentiate seminars
Monday 2023-04-03, 13:00
Location: M108, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/67831503251
Doctoral student: Jens Bergenudd , Bro- och stålbyggnad
2023-04-03T13:00:00.000+02:00 2023-04-03T13:00:00.000+02:00 Dynamic properties of two pedestrian timber bridges (Licentiate seminars) M108, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Dynamic properties of two pedestrian timber bridges (Licentiate seminars) -
Licentiate seminars
Wednesday 2023-04-05, 10:00
Location: Q11, Malvinas väg 6B, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/64992247158
Doctoral student: Ida Samuelsson , Jord- och bergmekanik
2023-04-05T10:00:00.000+02:00 2023-04-05T10:00:00.000+02:00 LCA and LCCA in the design of geotechnical engineering works (Licentiate seminars) Q11, Malvinas väg 6B, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)LCA and LCCA in the design of geotechnical engineering works (Licentiate seminars)