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

Building safety from the ground up
Through pioneering work, she has contributed to increased safety in our built environments - from houses to roads and bridges. Gunilla Franzén, geotechnical safety expert, has been awarded an honorary...
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WaterCentre as a bridge-builder – strengthening collaboration between KTH and the City of Stockholm
On a Friday in early April, researchers from KTH and officials from the City of Stockholm met for a collaboration meeting at the City of Stockholm's premises on Fleminggatan. The purpose of the meetin...
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Sverker Sörlin receives the Axel Hirsch Prize 2025
Sverker Sörlin, Professor in Environmental History at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, has been awarded the Axel Hirsch Prize 2025, together with Anders Burman and Danie...
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- Building safety from the ground up
14 Apr 2025
- WaterCentre as a bridge-builder – strengthening collaboration between KTH and the City of Stockholm
9 Apr 2025
- Sverker Sörlin receives the Axel Hirsch Prize 2025
31 Mar 2025
- From efficiency to sufficiency: results from the first four years of Mistra Sustainable Consumption
3 Feb 2025
- Compact living helps reach climate targets
29 Jan 2025
Calendar
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Public defences of doctoral theses
Thursday 2025-04-24, 09:00
Location: Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/64082748226
Doctoral student: Amani Jaafer , Transport och systemanalys
2025-04-24T09:00:00.000+02:00 2025-04-24T09:00:00.000+02:00 Leveraging Novel Data Sources for Travel Behavior Modeling (Public defences of doctoral theses) Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Leveraging Novel Data Sources for Travel Behavior Modeling (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
WaterCentre's events
Monday 2025-04-28, 12:00 - 13:00
Participating: M. Bayani Cardenas, University of Texas
Location: Gradängsalen, Teknikringen 1, Campus KTH
2025-04-28T12:00:00.000+02:00 2025-04-28T13:00:00.000+02:00 “How a river's periodic pulse affects its liver: hyporheic zones in the Anthropocene” (WaterCentre's events) Gradängsalen, Teknikringen 1, Campus KTH (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)“How a river's periodic pulse affects its liver: hyporheic zones in the Anthropocene” (WaterCentre's events) -
Conferences
Wednesday 2025-06-11, 13:00 - 16:30
Location: Loungen, Teknikringen 10 B, KTH Campus
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/62460971860
2025-06-11T13:00:00.000+02:00 2025-06-11T16:30:00.000+02:00 CTR Day (Conferences) Loungen, Teknikringen 10 B, KTH Campus (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)CTR Day (Conferences)