Quality Hotel Friends in Solna, Sweden by Karolina Keyzer + Wingårdhs

Article source: Karolina Keyzer + Wingårdhs

The house with thousand eyes creates an illusion; like waves from a point in middle of the northern facade. The image appears from a distance. It makes the stiff block soft, even wet. The impression is formed by windows in three different sizes: 1.4, 1.7 and 2 meters in diameter. The variations furnish the standardized rooms with a kind of individuality, especially in corners.

Image Courtesy © Filip Mesko and Tord-Rickard Söderström

• Architects: Karolina Keyzer + Wingårdhs
• Project: Quality Hotel Friends
• Location: Råsta Strandväg 1, Solna, Sweden
• Photography: Filip Mesko and Tord-Rickard Söderström
• Interior: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB trough Gert Wingårdh and Lena Arthur
• Client: Arthur Buchardt
• Gross area: 21 935 m²
• Height: 91,5 m
• No. of storey’s: 26
• Rooms: 400
• Project start: 2011
• Completed: 2013

Image Courtesy © Filip Mesko and Tord-Rickard Söderström

The 400-room hotel is built next to Friends Arena, a 65 000 seats sports and event venue, and the upcoming Mall of Scandinavia, a shopping mall designed by Wingårdhs. It is operated by Nordic Choice Hotels and designated for their business range sector, with special attention to conferences.

Image Courtesy © Filip Mesko and Tord-Rickard Söderström

Image Courtesy © Filip Mesko and Tord-Rickard Söderström

Image Courtesy © Filip Mesko and Tord-Rickard Söderström

Image Courtesy © Filip Mesko and Tord-Rickard Söderström

Image Courtesy © Filip Mesko and Tord-Rickard Söderström

Image Courtesy © Karolina Keyzer + Wingårdhs

Image Courtesy © Karolina Keyzer + Wingårdhs

Image Courtesy © Karolina Keyzer + Wingårdhs

Tags: Solna, Sweden

Categories: Conference Center, Hotel

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