BIG, OMA and SANAA are among 12 architectural heavyweights competing to design the Nobel Foundation’s new home in Blasieholmen, Stockholm. Currently in the competition’s first stage, the architects have submitted anonymous entries for jury review.
The future Nobelhuset will not only serve as the Nobel Foundation’s primary home, but also provide facilities for research and education, as well as public exhibition spaces, a conference center, library, cafe, shop and more.
Competing architects are:
- Kim Herforth Nielsen – 3XN, Denmark
- Bjarke Ingels and David Zahle – BIG, Denmark
- David Chipperfield – David Chipperfield Architects, England/Germany
- Jaques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Ascan Mergenthaler – Herzog & de Meuron, Switzerland
- Johan Celsing – Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor, Sweden
- Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal – Lacaton & Vassal Architectes, France
- Lene Tranberg – Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter, Denmark
- Marcel Meili & Markus Peter – Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten, Switzerland
- Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon – OMA, Netherlands
- Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa – SANAA, Japan
- Kjetil Thorsen – Snøhetta, Norway
- Gert Wingårdh – Wingårdhs arkitekter, Sweden
