WAF World Architecture Festival Awards 2017

Swedish practice Sweco Architects have won the Culture - Future Projects category with their project Kulturkorgen - A Basket Full of Culture: a winning proposal for a new culture house in Gothenburg, Sweden. Judges extolled the concept as “an optimistic project that celebrates cultural diversity and integration.” The venue will combine a library, a café, exhibition space, meeting rooms, a studio, a small theatre and a green house to form a “an informal and accessible community space.