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
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...
Read the article
How she reveals hidden norms
The design of technical gadgets influences more than we think – from our behaviour to who is welcomed or excluded. Researcher and industrial designer Karin Ehrnberger shows how design can reveal norms...
Read the article
Feeling safe at the station – a question of fairness
The feeling of safety at Swedish railway stations varies significantly between different groups. Women, LGBTQI people and people with disabilities more often feel unsafe in station environments, which...
Read the articleNews
- Ethics in the Light of Flames
4 Dec 2025
- Three KTH professors elected to IVA
3 Dec 2025
- Dynamics of pedestrian timber bridges
24 Nov 2025
- Lighting for educational spaces
17 Nov 2025
- How she reveals hidden norms
17 Nov 2025
Calendar
No up-to-date calendar events right now.