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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

Architecture

Civil and Architectural Engineering

Philosophy and History

Real Estate and Construction Management

Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED)

Urban Planning and Environment

Competence centres

Research networks

A white horse with dark spots and a blond woman
Photo: Stefan Els

Sandra Swart, putting Anthropocenes in a bigger picture

Sandra Swart has been a visiting professor of the Anthropocene at KTH's Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment since the beginning of 2025. It has given her a chance to, as she put...

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Zahra Kalantari, Anna Hadenius, Kaveh Madani
WaterCentre's Director Professor Zahra Kalantari, Anna Hadenius, CEO Stockholm Water Foundation and Director, Environment and Health Administration, City of Stockholm, together with Professor Kaveh Madani.

KTH brings partners together to address complex water challenges

Professor Kaveh Madani, this year’s Stockholm Water Prize laureate, visited KTH Campus on 27 August, one day after receiving the prize from HM King Carl XVI Gustaf. His visit brought together Water...

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Vehicle on Antarctic
One of the tractors used during Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955–1958. Antarctic Legacy of South Africa Archive. Hannes la Grange Collection.

Multidisciplinary global project completed

Lize-Marié Hansen van der Watt and Kati Lindström at the Department of Philosophy and History recently completed “DECAY without mourning – future thinking heritage”, a 15 MSEK project funded by Riksba...

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