Tham & Videgård Arkitekter

Tham & Videgård Arkitekter are based in Stockholm, Sweden, and directed by co-founders and lead architects Bolle Tham (b.1970) and Martin Videgård (b.1968). Since the start in 1999 the practice has attracted attention for its experimental approach and innovative built works. Tham & Videgårds projects has won several national and international awards, most recently the Kasper Salin Prize 2015 for the new KTH School of Architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Other major works include the Kalmar Museum of Art (Kasper Salin Award 2008), the Moderna Museet Malmö (for the Swedish Museum of Modern Art), the Tellus Nursery School, the Uppsala Departmentstore, the Archipelago house, the House Lagnö, the Creek House, the Apartment Humlegården and the Tree Hotel in Harads. 2015 included the completion of three of the firms largest projects to date: Västra Kajen housing in Jönköping; the Uppsala department store and the KTH School Of Architecture.

As well as the first as a new school building at the Krabbesholm School of Art, Architecture and Design in Skive, Denmark Tham & Videgård has also gained opportunities to work abroad and is regularly invited to participate in international exhibitions. Most recently at a solo exhibition at La Galerie d´Architecture in Paris, the Lisbon Triennale, the 12th and 13th International Venice Architecture Biennales, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London UK and at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.

Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård also teaches and lectures at schools of architecture in Sweden and abroad. In 2014-2015 they were invited guest professors at the PBSA Peter Behrens School of Architecture in Düsseldorf, Germany. Tham & Videgård have lectured at the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (NL), at ETH Zürich (CH), École Spéciale d’Architecture and the Pavillion de l’Arsenal, Paris (FR), at the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, London (UK), at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (UK), at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in Cambridge and at the IIT, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (USA).

2014 - The Operative Elements of Architecture / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. Published by Bokförlaget Arena, Sweden.
Hardcover, 224 pages. 17.4 x 24.6 cm ISBN 978-91-7843-428-2
2012 - Luoghi dell’Abitare (Places for living). Published by Casa Editrice Libria, Melfi, Italy.
Essay by Riccardo Butini; Faculty of Architecture in Florence. ISBN 9788896067765
2010 - Out of the Real / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. Published by Birkhäuser Verlag, Switzerland.
Hardcover, 208 pages. 24.0 x 34.0 cm ISBN 978-3-0346-0688-2 ENG
2009 - Tham & Videgård Arkitekter. Published by Arvinius Förlag, Sweden.
Edited by Tomas Lauri with contributions by Kieran Long and Hans Ibelings. ISBN 978-91-85689-27-9

2016 - Hemnet Home awarded Guldägget (The Golden Egg Award) by The Swedish Association of Communication Agencies.
2016 - New School of Architecture, KTH in Stockholm awarded The Building of The Year by Archdaily.
2015 - New School of Architecture, KTH in Stockholm awarded the Kasper Salin Prize for Best New Architecture in Sweden.
2015 - Creek house in Skåne wins the Private house Award by the Swedish Association of Architects.
2015 - Tham & Videgård receive the Residence Architects of the Year Award 2015.
2014 - New School buildings Krabbesholm School of Art, Architecture and Design, Denmark. Invited competition 1st Prize.
2013 - Shipyard building at Beckholmen island in Stockholm. Invited competition 1st Prize.
2013 - House Lagnö, House of the Year Award winner at the WAN Awards (World Architecture News).
2013 - House Lagnö, Highly Commended at the Architectural Review AR House Awards.
2012 - Atrium House, 1st prize for CO2-optimized New Buildings at the ECOLA Award, Germany.
2011 - Double Helix Tower, new landmark, info center and observation tower. Invited competition, 1st prize.
2011 - Tree Hotel awarded Special commendation as Best Holiday Building at the World Architecture Festival, Barcelona.
2011 - Tellus Nursery School wins the Stockholm Urban Environment Award.
2010 - Bergman Center at Fårö island, Sweden. Invited competition, 1st prize.
2010 - Moderna Museet Malmö shortlisted for Best Cultural Building at the World Architecture Festival 2010, Barcelona.
2010 - Moderna Museet Malmö awarded Honourable Mention at the Malmö City Urban Awards.
2010 - Stockholm Concert Hall. Invited competition, 1st prize.
2009 - Västra Kajen housing, Jönköping, Sweden. Invited competition, 1st prize.
2009 - Tham & Videgård Arkitekter selected for the Design Vanguard 2009 by the Architectural Record magazine, USA.
2009 - Kalmar Museum of Art shortlisted for the Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
2008 - Kalmar Museum of Art awarded the Kasper Salin Prize for Best New Architecture in Sweden.
2008 - Kalmar Museum of Art finalist at the Forum AID Awards, Best New Building in the Nordic Countries 2009.
2008 - Kalmar Museum of Art nominated for the Helgo Prize for Architecture in a Historical context 2008, Sweden.
2008 - Kalmar Museum of Art nominated in the World Architecture Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2007 - New School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. International competition, 1st prize.
2006 - Archipelago House Swedish nomination for the Forum Prize, Best New Building in the Nordic Countries.
2005 - New Permanent Exhibition on Chinese Art & Culture, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. Invited competition, 1st prize.
2005 - New Museum of Contemporary Art in Kalmar, open international competition, 1st prize.
2003 - Church in Fruängen, open international competition, Honourable mention.
2001 - Snowcrash Office and Showroom, Stockholm, 1st prize CoreDesign.

2015 - Four Boxes Gallery, Monographic exhibition at Krabbesholm, Skive, Denmark.
2015 - Eagle lighting series for Ateljé Lyktan; Brera gallery district/Salone de Mobile, Milan, Italy.
2014 - Wood Architecture, Triennale Internazionale del Legno, Trento, Italy. October 2014
2014 - Monographic Exhibition - Operative Elements of Architecture, la Galerie d´Architecture, Paris April 16 - May 16 2014.
2013 - Architecture Week Prague World Heritage, Culture and Contemporary Architecture. Oct 2013.
2013 - LIGHTHOUSES joint Nordic exhibition at the Swedish Centre of Architecture and Design, Stockholm 5 Oct 2013 – 16 Feb2014.
2012 - Venice Biennale, LIGHTHOUSES at the Nordic Pavilion, Giardini. Aug 29 - Nov 25
2012 - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: New Nordic – Identity & Architecture. June 29 – Oct 21.
2012 - Royal Academy of Arts, ”The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful: Dislocated” Jun 22 - Sept 16.
2012 - Maga Museum in Gallarate: Abitare Minimo exhibition, Gallarate, Va, Italy. May 12 - Jul 7.
2012 - Moscow Architecture Biennale; NORDIC ID Contemporary Nordic Architecture. Moscow 23-27 May, St Petersburg
2011 - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art; exhibition LIVING includes the Tree Hotel, Garden house and Ordos100 house.
2011 - Moscow Museum of Architecture; exhibition Architecture in Wood includes T&V’s Garden house.
2010 - World Architecture Festival, Moderna Museet Malmö shortlisted in the culture building category. Barcelona, Spain.
2010 - Lisbon Architecture Triennale, exhibition dedicated to the house, the dwelling, curated by Peter Cook. Portugal.
2010 - 12th Intl. Venice Biennale ´´People meet in Architecture´´curated by Kazuyo Sejima. Nordic Pavillion, Venice, Italy.
2010 - 00-tal. Exhibition at the Swedish Museum of Architecture, Stockholm.
2010 - Victoria & Albert Museum, Architecture 2010 exhibition, London UK.
2010 - BINA 2010. Housing Models: Experimentation and Everyday Life. Artget gallery, Cultural center of Belgrade, Serbia.
2009 - NOTCH-09, architectural piece at the culture festival in Beijing, China.
2009 - The Mies van der Rohe Award 2009, touring European exhibition - Kalmar Museum of Art.
2009 - ART Basel – Ordos 100 house project, Basel, Switzerland.
2009 - Crossing: Dialogues for Emergency Architecture, National Art Museum of China, Beijing.
2009 - Greener than thou, exhibition on Swedish contemporary architecture in Paris, France.
2008 - Best Wooden Building in Sweden. Archipelago house in touring exhibition 2008-2010.
2008 - Greener than thou, exhibition on Swedish contemporary architecture in London, UK.
2007 - 44 Young Architects Exhibition travels to Argentina.
2008 - Les Maison Rouge, Swedish Institute of Culture in Paris, France.
2007 - 44 Young Architects Exhibition and Publication, Barcelona and Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
2007 - Archipelago House included in the permanent collection at the Museum of Architecture, Stockholm.
2007 - Housing in the Nordic Countries at Frederiks Bastion, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2006 - House AH041 presented by Swedish type house company Arkitekthus at the Salone de Mobile, Milan, Italy.
2005 - Young Swedish Architecture. A new generation of architects at the Swedish Museum of Architecture, Stockholm.
2004 - Best Wooden Building in Sweden. House Karlsson in touring exhibition, opened at Formens Hus, Malmö.