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.

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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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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The parking ban that was introduced last autumn led to changed travel patterns among users of electric scooters. (Photo: Mostphotos) 26 May 2023Fewer e-scooters and parking racks a long way from the user’s destination. These may be a couple of reasons why the use of e-scooters has decreased with the introduction of new parking rules last autu...
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A "gummy squirrel" sea cucumber, Psychropotes longicauda, living at a depth of 5,000 meters. Image courtesy of the DeepCCZ expedition/NOAA 2 May 2023Tirza 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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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...
Calendar
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Licentiate seminars
Tuesday 2023-05-30, 10:00
Location: B3, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/66076225402
Doctoral student: Alireza Ahmadi , Jord- och bergmekanik
2023-05-30T10:00:00.000+02:00 2023-05-30T10:00:00.000+02:00 Discrete element technique for modeling high-speed railway tracks (Licentiate seminars) B3, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Discrete element technique for modeling high-speed railway tracks (Licentiate seminars) -
Licentiate seminars
Tuesday 2023-05-30, 10:00
Location: E2, Lindstedtsvägen 3, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/s/67517483614
Doctoral student: Hui Zhu , Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella system
2023-05-30T10:00:00.000+02:00 2023-05-30T10:00:00.000+02:00 Understanding Customers in AI-empowered Financial Advisory Systems and Services (Licentiate seminars) E2, Lindstedtsvägen 3, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Understanding Customers in AI-empowered Financial Advisory Systems and Services (Licentiate seminars) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2023-06-02, 10:00
Location: B2, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/67142272754
Doctoral student: Ulrika Bjare , Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö
2023-06-02T10:00:00.000+02:00 2023-06-02T10:00:00.000+02:00 The autonomy of science - governance, organization, and enactment of university research (Public defences of doctoral theses) B2, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)The autonomy of science - governance, organization, and enactment of university research (Public defences of doctoral theses)