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School of Architecture and the Built Environment

Our research and educational programmes relates to the future of our society; how cities, buildings and infrastructure will be designed and built, how institutions and regulatory systems should be developed to produce a good living environment, and how to provide good development conditions for business.

The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is comprised of six departments and seven centres for advanced research.

The School of Architecture and the Built Environment is one of five schools at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Departments

Architecture

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Civil and Architectural Engineering

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Philosophy and History

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Real Estate and Construction Management

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Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED)

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Urban Planning and Environment

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Competence centres

Research networks

One of the bikes measuring surface temperatures in Hammarby sjöstad in summer 2024.

Trees important for lowering outdoor temperatures in cities

Surface temperatures in a city are affected by trees. This is shown by measurements that researchers Ulla Mörtberg, professor of energy systems analysis and environmental assessment, and Elina Merdyms...

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Amir Rezvani, Zahra Kalantari and Jessica Page
Amir Rezvani, Zahra Kalantari and Jessica Page

KTH project secures major funding to make climate-neutral cities a reality

Urban areas contribute to more than 60 percent of global greenhouse emissions. With cities around the world tackling climate change and extreme weather events, a research initiative at KTH Royal Insti...

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eric and sverker and åsa at the launch

Successful book launch event at SEI for Stockholm and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance

In a new book published by Cambridge University Press, Sverker Sörlin and Eric Paglia from the KTH Division of History of Science Technology and Environment analyze the rise of global environmental go...

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