Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP partnered with Copenhagen architects after being granted access to construct the Karlatornet project in Gothenburg, Sweden. This building has gained the title of being the tallest building in Sweden and could be a huge shift in the country’s history. The country could shift its traditional developments now because of the inspiration brought by the Karlatornet.

As one can see in the photo, this building sticks out like a sore thumb among the others. I found it very cool that they had the Karlatornet built because it has made history. I compared it to when the United States got news of the twin towers being constructed in New York. It was a monumental moment because they had been labeled as the tallest building during that time period. After this moment, architects were very inspired by what they saw and took it into consideration when creating their own designs. This then became the ‘regular’ and architects began to have more ideas because their spectrum had broadened and engineers became more capable.

Source: https://www.som.com/projects/karlatornet