School of Architecture and the Built Environment

The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is one of five schools at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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.

Departments

Research centres

New Doctor

Authenticity in Bioethics: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice

Jesper Ahlin Marceta has analysed whether it is possible to reliably determine that a patient expresses inauthentic wishes and if a healthcare decision should be overridden for paternalist reasons if it can be determined as inauthentic.
Hopefully, the results can benefit patients suffering from medical conditions that affect their decision-making processes.

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Rapid Urbanization: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Urban Transition in Developing Countries

Kyle Farrell wanted to better understand the dynamics underpinning the unprecedented growth of cities in developing countries. He found that changing macrolevel circumstances, particularly those related to economic and demographic trends, have accelerated the urbanization process presenting new challenges for managing the growth of cities.

Graphical abstract (From Sediment color tool for targeting arsenic-safe aquifers for the installation of shallow drinking water tubewells) (sediment.JPG) — Graphical abstract (From Sediment color tool for targeting arsenic-safe aquifers for the installation of shallow drinking water tubewells)

KTH paper won TU Delft Global Drinking Water Best Paper Award 2019

Prosun Bhattacharya and Mohammed Hossain have been awarded the TU Delft Global Drinking Water Best Paper Award 2019.

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Students representing 35 countries got to meet KTH researchers and students during the Stockholm Junior Water Prize on Wednesday, August 28. (Photos by David Callahan)

An international VIP visit from young innovators focuses on water

KTH’s Water Centre hosted finalists in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize on Wednesday, August 28, for a full day of innovation coaching and discussions...

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Will procurement requirements be the solution for carbon reduction in infrastructure projects?

Are procurement requirements the answer to carbon reduction in infrastructure construction projects? The recently finalized research project Impres ha...

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News

KTH paper won TU Delft Global Drinking Water Best Paper Award 2019
19 Sep 2019
Stockholm Junior Water Prize finalists visited KTH
29 Aug 2019
An international VIP visit from young innovators focuses on water
29 Aug 2019
Will procurement requirements be the solution for carbon reduction in infrastructure projects?
8 Jul 2019
Sverker Sörlin appointed to the FWF Scientific Advisory Board
15 May 2019
Powerful near real-time monitoring tool enables response to Mozambique floods
26 Mar 2019

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Matchmaking event KTH Food Sustainability Network

23
Jan

Conferences

Thursday 2020-01-23, 09:00 - 13:00

Location: Openlab, Valhallavägen 79, Stockholm

2020-01-23T09:00:00.000+01:00 2020-01-23T13:00:00.000+01:00 Matchmaking event KTH Food Sustainability Network (Conferences) Matchmaking event KTH Food Sustainability Network (Conferences)
Making Equity in Public Transport Count

27
Jan

Public defences of doctoral theses

Monday 2020-01-27, 13:00

Location: F3, Lindstedtsvägen 26, Stockholm (English)

Doctoral student: Isak Rubensson , Systemanalys och ekonomi, Trafikförvaltningen, Region Stockholm

2020-01-27T13:00:00.000+01:00 2020-01-27T13:00:00.000+01:00 Making Equity in Public Transport Count (Public defences of doctoral theses) Making Equity in Public Transport Count (Public defences of doctoral theses)

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