Building a house on the cusp of the Arctic Circle presents numerous challenges. With a harsh climate and limited daylight for much of the year, the remote region proves a tough canvas for construction projects. In Boden, Sweden — located about 50 kilometres below the Land of the Midnight Sun — these factors play a role, but ask architect Mårten Claesson, cofounder of , about the biggest constraints on ’s recently completed house there and he’ll admit that they were all imposed by humans.
“For this project, two things stood out,” Claesson says. “The local regulations stipulated that, while there was an allowance for two-storey buildings, the maximum building height was only 4.2 metres. The…
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- May/June 2023
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- Mar/Apr 2023
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- #296
- Jan/Feb 2023
- In preparing this edition of Azure, the first of the year and the latest of our popular annual houses issues, we sought out to present a diversity of typologies.
- #295
- Nov/Dec 2022
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- #294
- Sept/Oct 2022
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- #293
- July/August 2022
- The 12th annual AZ Awards recognize excellence in architecture, landscape, design, interiors, environmental leadership, social good and more.
- #292
- May/June 2022
- In our latest issue, we talk to professionals in Canada and around the world who are grappling with how to upend entrenched assumptions about the need for blood, sweat and tears in service of architecture.
- #291
- Mar/Apr 2022
- What does hospitality look like in 2022? Our March/April issue features hotel and restaurant projects that deliver new experiences for a new era.
- #290
- Jan/Feb 2022
- Our Jan/Feb 2022 issue kicks off the new year with inspired – and inspiring – residential architecture from around the world.
- #289
- Nov/Dec 2021
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- #288
- Sept/Oct 2021
- Our September/October 2021 issue explores the kind of social and sustainable infrastructure that shows a way forward for how we should build, locally and globally.
- #287
- July/August 2021
- The 11th annual AZ Awards recognize excellence in architecture, landscape, design, interiors, environmental leadership, social good and more.
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