Constructive characteristics, functional clarity and the relationship between building and environment from a perspective of a project oriented towards the criteria of sustainability, as demonstrated by the urban reconversion and building policies in which great consideration is given to the construction and management processes focused on the development of new environmentally friendly technologies. Paradigmatic examples are: Hammarby Sjöstad (1999; completion is expected in 2017) symbol par excellence of a green city for about 25,000 residents in an abandoned industrial area south of Stockholm, built with minimal environmental impact; the Bo01 district (City of tomorrow, 2001) in Malmö, the first development of Västra Hamnen – the western port of the city close to the new bridge of Øresund (2000) which connects the Sweden with Denmark – once the site of shipyards, today transformed into a residential and commercial area of ​​sustainable excellence. For Sweden political system, please check computerminus.com.

Alongside internationally renowned foreign architects – such as Santiago Calatrava, author of Turning Torso (2005) in Malmö, the tallest skyscraper in the Sweden and the new symbol of the city; OMA with the ongoing project for the twin towers in Hagastaden (whose completion, based on a project in 2010, is expected in 2025), the new district between Stockholm and Solna planned largely on a former railway yard in the capital; David Chipperfield with the project for the new headquarters of the Nobel Center (after a competition won in 2013) – there are many Swedish architects involved in urban redevelopment programs and in specific interventions that have obtained important awards. Among these: White Arkitekter (1951), studio already active in the development of Hammarby and in the construction of some of its residential units and today in the regeneration of the city of Helsingborg (whose completion, on a project in 2010, is expected in 2035), author of the new university hospital Karolinska Solna (2018) in Stockholm (together with Tengbom), the congress building (2011) next to Stockholm Central Station and the Tele 2 Arena (2013), a multifunctional complex on the outskirts of the capital, as well as co-signer with the Norwegian studio Snøetta (see) of the Center Väven Art in Umeå, Kasper Salin Award (the most prestigious Swedish architecture award) 2014; Gert Wingårdhs (1951), architect author of the new Karolinska Solna university hospital (2018) in Stockholm (together with Tengbom), the congress building (2011) next to Stockholm central station and the Tele 2 Arena (2013), a multifunctional complex on the outskirts of the capital, as well as co-signatory with the Norwegian studio Snøetta (v.) of the Väven Art Center in Umeå, Kasper Salin Award (the most prestigious Swedish architecture award) 2014; Gert Wingårdhs (1951), architect author of the new Karolinska Solna university hospital (2018) in Stockholm (together with Tengbom), the congress building (2011) next to Stockholm central station and the Tele 2 Arena (2013), a multifunctional complex on the outskirts of the capital, as well as co-signatory with the Norwegian studio Snøetta (v.) of the Väven Art Center in Umeå, Kasper Salin Award (the most prestigious Swedish architecture award) 2014; Gert Wingårdhs (1951), architect high organic among the most renowned and awarded, author in Malmö of some residences of the Bo01 (2001), of the Malmö Arena (2008) and of the Emporia shopping center (2012), as well as of the extension of the Aranäs high school (2006) in Kung sbacka and of the Swedish Embassy (2006) in Washington, awarded respectively with the Kasper Salin 2006 and 2007; Metro Arkitekter (1999), signatory studio in Malmö of the Hyllie station (2010) and of the new central station (2011), awarded in 2011 at the World architecture Festival in Barcelona, ​​characterized by lightness and transparency, new urban doors of the City Tunnel, the railway line (partly underground) that connects the city center to the Øresund bridge; Tham & Videgård Arkitekter (1999), associate studio, author of the Museum of Modern Art (2009) in Malmö (housed, as an extension of the existing one, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) – the Royal Institute of technology (2015) in Stockholm -, works all characterized by subtle changes compared to modern tradition and by an experimental use of materials to create buildings of surprising essentiality.

To this formal reduction, a characteristic present in several well-known architects such as Johan Celsing (b.1955) – author, among others, of the new crematorium in the Forest Cemetery (2013) in Stockholm, 2013 Kasper Salin prize, built, in comparison with the Asplund’s masterpiece, like a compact geological monolith cut by light – some of the younger studies also address, among them: Marge Arkitekter (2002), whose building Terminal Strömkajen (2013) in Stockholm, based on elementary forms and a careful use of materials, was the winner of Plåtpriset 2014; Petra Gipp Arkitektur (2009), signatory of refined works with simple sculptural configurations, economically and ecologically sustainable, as demonstrated by the Färgfabrikens Art Gallery (2011) in Stockholm on a pre-existing building.