Sweco Architects

About us

Our architecture creates the framework for life and communities

We always honour existing qualities and aim to preserve them in our renovation and transformation projects. The most sustainable building is the one that is preserved. Beautiful buildings are preserved. When we build new buildings, we do not compromise on aesthetics, but develop them in synergy with functionality and climate considerations in material selection and design. We design with reuse and transformation in mind – even for the next hundred years.

Our architecture improves people’s well-being and health

Architecture is crucial for people’s well-being and health. At Sweco Architects, we are rooted in the Scandinavian architectural tradition and work with light, materials, context, functionality, technology and aesthetics to translate people’s needs and dreams into a framework for diversity, life and communities. As an integrated architectural and engineering consultancy, we look at the interrelation between aesthetics and technology to ensure an excellent indoor climate and a healthy environment. Our timely involvement of many specialists provides a holistic approach to project development and consulting. Together, we transform our public institutions and housing and adapt them to our constantly changing family patterns, lifestyles, urban life, and transport modes.

We design feasible projects

Through our multidisciplinary screening, we utilize knowledge from many specialists early on in projects to get the full potential out of our experts. We make calculations during the design process to ensure that projects are quickly feasible, buildable and match the client’s purpose and budget, considering both construction and operational costs as well as lifetime expenses. We create value from the first meeting with the customer until we are certain of the quality on site, focusing on the problems we solve with architecture for end users, for the customer, and for society – with a focus on minimizing the consumption of the planet’s resources.

Our heritage

Sweco Architects builds on the strong foundation of the two architectural companies, Årstiderne Arkitekter (1985) and KANT arkitekter (1977). Årstiderne Arkitekter and KANT arkitekter became part of Sweco in 2018 and 2020, respectively. The change of our name in 2021 completes the integration into Sweco, manifesting the approach of integrated consulting as an architectural and engineering consultancy.

Internationally, Sweco Architects operates in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium, and Poland, and with more than 1,500 architects, Sweco Architects is the largest architectural company in Europe and the fourth largest architectural company in the world.

Strategic partnerships

We strive to create productive and trusting collaborations within the construction industry. We pursue this goal as co-creator of and partaker in three strategic partnerships: TRUST in collaboration with the City of Copenhagen, Byggepartnerskabet &os in collaboration with KAB and Byggepartnerskabet LIVA in collaboration with CIVICA. These partnerships that aim to challenge the usual structures within the construction industry and create trusting collaborations between all parties.

Here, architects, engineers, landscape architects, constructing engineers, experts, and contractors work side by side. This ensures a holistic, efficient and constructive approach to projects with one common goal and shared values.

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At Sweco Architects, we are more than 280 architects, design engineers and specialists across offices in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Silkeborg, and Herning. We specialize in residential housing, education, leisure, commerce, retail, space planning, transformation, urban planning, landscape architecture and lighting design.

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Part of Sweco

Sweco Architects is part of Sweco, one of Europe’s leading architectural and engineering consultancies. We plan and design sustainable cities and communities of the future. With our customers and the collective knowledge of our 22,000 architects, engineers and other experts, we create solutions that address urbanization and digitalization, making our communities more sustainable.