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Nobel Center building permit approved in Stockholm

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  • The building permit for the Nobel Center in Stockholm was approved on March 26.
  • The building will feature a timber frame and reused bricks, designed by architect David Chipperfield.
  • The Nobel Foundation will access the site in two years, with the building planned to be 13,000 square meters and up to six floors.

The building permit for the Nobel Center in Slussen, Stockholm, was voted through on March 26. The detailed plan for the Nobel Center had been ready earlier, and when the building permit was to be voted through, three parties wanted to make changes to the detailed plan. Jan Valeskog, the city planning commissioner, said that would have enormous consequences.

The building will consist of a timber frame and be built with reused bricks, and the architect behind the new Nobel Center is David Chipperfield. In two years, the Nobel Foundation will gain access to the site at Stadsgårdskajen in Slussen, and the building is estimated to be 13,000 square meters and have up to six floors.

that would have enormous consequences

Jan Valeskog, city planning commissioner

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