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Karlatornet
Skyscraper in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karlatornet (lit. 'The Karla Tower', initially called Polstjärnan[4][5]) is a skyscraper completed by Serneke in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The tower reached its final height of 246 meters in June 2023. It has 74 floors above ground. The building was completed in autumn 2024.[6][7]
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The building's architecture firm is Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and it was built by Serneke Group AB.[8] It was finished in 2024, but the first inhabitants started moving in from August 2023.[9][10]
The building reached 246 meters tall (807 ft), and is the tallest building in Scandinavia and in the Nordic countries. On 22 September 2022, the tower reached this milestone at 193 meters, officially surpassing Turning Torso in Malmö.[11]
In an early stage the building was budgeted to cost about 4 billion Swedish kronor but, after many changes including increased height, final cost totalled 5,8 billion Swedish kronor or 525 million USD (currency exchange rate at that time).[12]
Karlatornet has 5 elevators engineered by Finnish elevator maker Kone.[13] Two of the elevators have a maximum 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.[14]
Karlatornet is one out of 9 buildings that will form Karlastaden (lit. Karla City).[15][16] Other buildings are:
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Hotel
Karlatornet houses a Strawberry hotel with 300 guestrooms and multiple conference areas, restaurants, 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
- List of tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest buildings in Europe
- List of tallest buildings in Sweden
- Turning Torso
- List of tallest buildings in Scandinavia
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