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Previous tallest building in Scandinavia. Citygate: Gothenburg: 144 m (472 ft) 144 m (472 ft) 36 2022 [9] Tallest office building in Scandinavia Norra Tornen 1: Stockholm: 125 m (410 ft) 125 m (410 ft) 36: 2018 [10] Tallest building in Stockholm. Kista Science Tower: Stockholm: 124.00 m (407 ft) 156 m (512 ft) 30: 2003 [note 1] [note 2] Kista ...
In 16th-century Sweden, which at that time included Finland, a torp was the term for the smallest size of the farm, paying a quarter of a "full" farm's taxes. When that classification became obsolete, a torp became a leased farm (with short lease times typically of one or two years), paid for with manual work on the owner's fields.
This list of tallest buildings in Scandinavia ranks skyscrapers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden that stand at least 100 m (328 ft) tall, based on height to architectural top (i.e. heights measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the top of the building, including spires).
Today it is still a private home. Krueger Mansion: 1888 Late Victorian: Henry Schultz Newark: In late 2020, the city and the company Makerhoods broke ground on refurbishing the mansion into live/work spaces for local experienced "makers" in the food, beauty, craft and other small-scale artisan industries for $1800 a month by application only.
The architecture of Norway has evolved in response to changing economic conditions, technological advances, demographic fluctuations and cultural shifts. While outside architectural influences are apparent in much of Norwegian architecture, they have often been adapted to meet Norwegian climatic conditions, including: harsh winters, high winds and, in coastal areas, salt spray.
Schweizerhaus in Klein Glienicke near Berlin, designed by Ferdinand von Arnim, 1867. Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe.
One of the most important exponents of postmodernism in Sweden was the British-born Ralph Erskine. Today, architecture in Sweden is being defined by such architects as Gert Wingårdh , who started as a postmodernist , but is known to pick up new trends (the works show influences from ecological design as well as Minimalism , High-tech ...
Katedralskolan (Lund Cathedral School) founded in 1085, is the oldest school in Scandinavia. Today it is a high gymnasium with about 1,400 students studying in five different programmes. [38] Östervångskolan is a specialskola (special school) for deaf and hard of hearing students, providing education in Swedish and Swedish Sign Language.