Cultural Centre and Hotel in Skellefteå

Issue

12/2021 Building With Wood

Author

Stefan Krötsch

Task

New construction

Location

Sweden, Skellefteå

Architecture

White Arkitekter

The slender hotel tower of the Sara Cultural Centre constitutes a landmark that is visible from afar within the flat surroundings of Swedish Lappland.

The Swedish city of Skellefteå with its roughly 35,000 inhabitants is located 770 km north of Stockholm at the Gulf of Bothnia. With its floor area of 28,000 m2, height of 82 m and footprint of 60 × 160 m the Sara Cultural Centre is one of the world’s largest timber buildings. The building complex unites diverse cultural functions and constitutes the...