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

KTH researcher Zahra Kalantari Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion
Zahra Kalantari, professor in environmental science and engineering for sustainability in the Anthropocene at KTH, has today on Earth Day 2025 been named Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion....
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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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- Leveraging novel data sources for travel behavior modeling
23 Apr 2025
- KTH researcher Zahra Kalantari Frontiers Planet Prize 2025 national champion
22 Apr 2025
- 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
Calendar
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Lectures and seminars
Thursday 2025-05-08, 15:00 - 16:00
Participating: Rob Gioielli
Location: V3, Teknikringen 72, vån 5, KTH Campus
2025-05-08T15:00:00.000+02:00 2025-05-08T16:00:00.000+02:00 Docent lecture: Porkopolis and Slave Society: Cincinnati, Pigs and the Making of Racial Capitalism (Lectures and seminars) V3, Teknikringen 72, vån 5, KTH Campus (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Docent lecture: Porkopolis and Slave Society: Cincinnati, Pigs and the Making of Racial Capitalism (Lectures and seminars) -
Licentiate seminars
Wednesday 2025-05-21, 13:00
Location: M108, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm
Doctoral student: Mattia Debertolis , Byggnadsmaterial
2025-05-21T13:00:00.000+02:00 2025-05-21T13:00:00.000+02:00 Birch plywood in timber connections (Licentiate seminars) M108, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Birch plywood in timber connections (Licentiate seminars) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2025-05-23, 10:00
Location: F3, Lindstedtvägen 28, Campus, public video conference
Video link: http://kth-se.zoom.us/j/64755531941
Doctoral student: Martin Larsson , Byggnadsmaterial
2025-05-23T10:00:00.000+02:00 2025-05-23T10:00:00.000+02:00 Structural design, degradation and condition assessment of cycle paths (Public defences of doctoral theses) F3, Lindstedtvägen 28, Campus, public video conference (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Structural design, degradation and condition assessment of cycle paths (Public defences of doctoral theses)