Archive for August, 2011

Twelve years ago the last Stockholm Water Festival was held. The first Water Festival was held in ‘91 and, although it was initially propelled by the best of intentions, it soon fell into an abyss of generic content and fast-food stands.

This weekend, the Floating Lawn will perform as the base and platform for a water-festival-as-it-should-be: […]

Trojans

Svensk Standard will be working at Kulturhuset, Stockholm, this weekend. We have been invited to produce feedback on the guidelines for architectural quality, ‘Arkitektur Stockholm’, recently put forward by the City of Stockholm. Our workshop will focus on terms and concepts used within the text, and portrayed as “naturally” benign truths. Phrases like “contemporary architecture” […]