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Wingårdh & Wikerstål

After the founding of his own practice in 1977, Wingårdh was instrumental in introducing international postmodernism in Sweden. Since then, the list of projects has grown long and become diverse. Gert Wingårdh has designed everything from industrial buildings for the pharmaceutical industry Astra in Sweden and the United States and private villas to the air-traffic control tower at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport and the Swedish embassies in Berlin and Washington D.C.

Gert Wingårdh, born 1951, is Sweden’s foremost contemporary architect. After the founding of his own practice in 1977, Wingårdh was instrumental in introducing international postmodernism in Sweden. Since then, the list of projects has grown long and become diverse. Gert Wingårdh has designed everything from industrial buildings for the pharmaceutical industry Astra in Sweden and the United States and private villas to the air-traffic control tower at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport and the Swedish embassies in Berlin and Washington D.C. Projects designed by Wingårdh have been awarded Sweden’s most prestigious architectural honor – the Kasper Salin Prize – no less than five times, which is more than any other Swedish architect. What distinguishes Wingårdh’s architecture is the successful combination of Swedish modesty and local building traditions with international influences.

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