Stockholm Library Competition Winners Announced

Heike Hanada, a female architect from Germany, has been announced the winner of the 6,000+ submission international competition to design and expansion to Gunnar Asplund’s Stockholm City Library.  Her entry, titled “Delphinium”, was described by the jury’s official statement as “a skillfully executed proposal—delicate, bright and with the quality of a new icon.  It will make an exceptionally beautiful addition to Stockholm architecture.’‘

Hanada, born in Hoya, Germany, in 1964, current runs her practice out of Weimar, Berlin, and Tokyo.  Images of the winning project, and other winners can be seen below…

First prize winner. Architect Dipl. Ing. Heike Hanada, Laboratory of Art and Architecture. Supporting team: Ivan Dimitrof, Enno Efkes, Johannes Kettler.

Delphinium view from Odenplan

Third prize winner, shared. PALEKO ARCH STUDIJA. Team: Rolandas Palekas, André Baldisiuté, Bartas Puzonas, Alma Palekien, Akvile Brazauskaité, Monika Zemlic, Gilma Teodora Gylyté, Dzugas Karalius, Lina Suziedelyté.

Third prize winner, shared. Mauri Korkka, architect SAFA, Arkkitehdit Mauri Korkka Kirsti Rantanen. Collaborators: Hugo Castaneda Chavez (student), Luca de Gol (student), Kirsti Rantanen, architect SAFA, Markku Pääkkönen artist, 3D model: Adactive Oy, White model: Seppo Rajakoski.

Fourth prize winner, shared. Stephen Taylor and Dirk Brockmann, Stephen Taylor Architects. Collaborators: Antonia Lippman, Norma Tollmann.

Fourth prize winner, shared. Jakob Steen Christensen and Jan Yoshiyuki Tanaka, JAJA Architects ApS. Team: Julie Braarud, Nora Aursand Iversen, Carina Refsing Nissen, Tomas Peter Lund, Sophie Mönster Nykjaer.

Fourth prize winner, shared. Nicola Braghieri, ARCHITETTO NICOLA BRAGHIERI.

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