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Karlatornet
Karlatornet viewed in September 2023 as construction is almost complete
Map
General information
StatusUnder construction
TypeResidential
LocationLodjursstråket 1, 417 51, Lindholmen, Göteborg
CountrySweden
Coordinates57°42′35″N 11°56′20″E / 57.70972°N 11.93889°E / 57.70972; 11.93889
Construction started2019
Estimated completion2024
Height
Top floor246 m (807 ft)
Technical details
Floor count74
Website
www.serneke.se/en/project/karlatornet/
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Karlatornet (lit. 'The Karla Tower', initially called Polstjärnan[4][5]) is a skyscraper under construction by Serneke in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden. When finished, it will be 246 meters high, with 74 floors above ground.[6][7]

The building's architecture firm is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and it is being built by Serneke Group AB.[8] It is set for completion in 2024, but first inhabitants started moving in from August 2023.[9][10]

When completed, it will reach 246 meters tall (804 ft), and will be the tallest building in the Nordic countries.[11] On 22 September 2022, the tower reached this milestone at 193 meters, officially surpassing Turning Torso in Malmö.[12]

The building was initially budgeted to cost about 4 billion Swedish kronor but final cost totalled 6.5 billion Swedish kronor or 630 million USD (currency exchange rate at that time).[13]

Karlatornet has 5 elevators engineered by Finnish elevator maker Kone.[14] Two of the elevators have a max speed of 6 m/s and the remaining three top out at 8 m/s. At the time of construction, these were the fastest elevators in Sweden.[15]

Karlatornet is one out of 9 buildings that will form Karlastaden.[16][17] Other buildings are:

Hotel

Karlatornet houses a Nordic Choice hotel with 300 guestrooms and multiple conference areas, restaurans, gyms and a spa. The total hotel area is 17,500 square metres (188,000 sq ft).[20]

Karlastaden

Karlatornet with surrounding buildings is called Karlastaden (literal translation: Karlacity). The total area of Karlastaden is 270,000 square metres (2,900,000 sq ft). It houses apartments, schools, gyms, higher education institutions, hotels, offices, restaurants and healthcare clinics.[21]

See also

Karlatornet under construction, April 2023.

External links

References

  1. ^ "Karlatornets brokiga väg mot toppen". Mitt i Göteborg (in Swedish). 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  2. ^ "Nordens högsta byggnad ska förändra Göteborg". Läget by JMK, Stockholm university (in Swedish). 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  3. ^ Nyheter, SVT (2017-06-16). "Här är svaren på era frågor om Karlatornet". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  4. ^ Nyheter, SVT (2020-01-16). "Karlatornets historia på 60 sekunder". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  5. ^ "Karlatornet - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat – CTBUH. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  6. ^ "Serneke bygger Nordens högsta byggnad". Byggföretagen (in Swedish). 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  7. ^ "Karlatornet nära sin högsta höjd". Fastighetsvärlden (in Swedish). 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  8. ^ Arvidsson, Elias (2015-09-24). "Jätteintresse för att bo i Karlatornet". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  9. ^ "Karlatornet växer med ett nytt våningsplan i veckan". Byggnyheter (in Swedish). 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  10. ^ "Inflyttning i Karlatornet påbörjad". Fastighetsvärlden (in Swedish). 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  11. ^ Borén, Erling (2017-07-07). "Stordalen: "Ett hotell halvvägs till himlen"". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  12. ^ Julia Kero (22 September 2022). "Nu är Karlatornet högst i Norden" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  13. ^ Lars Näslund (2020-12-17). "Fastighetsmiljardären Erik Selin räddar Karlatornet – "En bra dag för Göteborg, helt klart"". DN.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  14. ^ "2018-01-30 KONE wins UltraRope order for Karlatornet, set to become the tallest building in the Nordics (3)". KONE Corporation. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  15. ^ "Så långt ser man från Karlatornet – Nordens högsta byggnad". DN.se (in Swedish). 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  16. ^ Lönnroth, Valdemar; Kennedy, Marie (2021-07-14). "Balder och Serneke bygger nya höghus i Karlastaden". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  17. ^ "Detaljplan för Karlavagnsplatsen (80 page pdf)" (PDF). Göteborgs Stad – Stadsbyggnadskontoret (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  18. ^ "De ska utforma kvarteret Lynx i Karlastaden". Fastighetsnytt (in Swedish). 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  19. ^ "Kanozi ska utforma kvarteret Lynx i Karlastaden". Fastighetsvärlden (in Swedish). 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  20. ^ Kennedy, Marie (2017-12-15). "Stordalens hotellhyra i Karlatornet – 800 miljoner". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  21. ^ "Karlastaden's public property". Hemsö In English. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
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