Article source: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor

As one of the tallest buildings in Stockholm, Victoria Tower stands out among its neighbors and acts as an icon of the surround area. Situated between Stockholm proper and the city airport, the tower serves a nearby office park with conference and office facilities, as well as providing a 229 room hotel. The tessellated façade of the building is clad entirely in colored glass, though in actuality two-thirds of the walls are fully insulated. This allows the tower to appear as a colorful prism in its geometry and materiality while meeting the needs for energy conservation. The tower has a parallelogram-shaped plan for floors 2–21, which is comprised of the hotel rooms, while the upper floors are rectangular, delineating the office spaces and a roof bar. This causes the top floors to cantilever slightly above the underlying shaft, emphasizing its geometry.

Image Courtesy © Ola Fogelström - Fotograf Ola Fogelström

• Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
• Project: Victoria Tower
• Location: Arne Beurlings torg 3A, Stockholm, Sweden
• Photographs: Ola Fogelström – Fotograf Ola Fogelström, Tord-Rikard Söderström – Wingårdhs, Åke E:son Lindman – Lindman Photography
• Architect: Ms Karolina Keyzer
• WAF Entry: 2012
• Award: World Architecture Festival 2012 – Shortlisted
• Client: Call Tower Invest AB
• Contractor: PEAB
• Floors: 34
• Gross Area: 23 000 sqm
• Year of Construction: 2009–2011
• Environmental Engineer: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB

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