Look Inside a Selection of Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish Architecture Offices, Photographed by Marc Goodwin
Architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has recently completed "the ultra-marathon of photoshoots:" twenty-eight architectural offices in twenty-eight days, spread across four capital cities – Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Helsinki. His aim was to understand what sort of spaces architects in the Nordic countries operate in, and how they differ between each respective country. From former boathouses to stables and coal deposits, Goodwin has captured some of the most unique working environments the profession has to offer.
My previous exposure to the environment of the architecture office was quite limited before I began this project. I'd had fleeting, outsider views – visits to discuss my work, co-ordinate photoshoots, and to return completed materials at the end of a project.
Goodwin found "each of the offices to be places in which teams come together, across skill levels, to brainstorm creative solutions that impact the world we live in. It was an amazing process to see at work," he continues.
KHR
Henning Larsen
3XN
Lundgaard & Tranberg
Norrøn
C. F. Møller
Leth & Gori
Jägnefält Milton
White
Elding Oscarson
Tham & Videgård
street monkey
Kjellander + Sjöberg
Sweco
Superunion
Snøhetta
Lund Hagem
Atelier Oslo
LINK
ghilardi+hellsten
SPACEGROUP
ALA
B&M
JKMM
studiopuisto
OOPEAA / Lundén
Talli / Leviska
PES
Vital Statistics
- KHR Arkitekter Since 2010 / Size: 1400m2 / Former use: boat houses built to store naval ships in 1813 after a war.
- Henning Larsen Since 2001 / Number of employees: 170 in Copenhagen / Former use: department store completed in 1939, designed by architects H. Ortmann and V. Berner Nielsen
- 3XN Since 2014 / Size: 2000m2 / Number of employees: 85
- Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter Number of employees: 40
- NORRØN Since: 2014 / Size: 180m2 / Number of employees: 8
- C.F. Møller Since: 1981 / Number of employees: 80 in Copenhagen branch / Former use: part of the School of Architecture
- LETH & GORI Since: 2011 / Number of employees: 5 / Former uses: bakery, Turkish club, two art galleries
- JÄGNEFÄLT MILTON Number of employees: 7 / Former use: stables
- White Since 2003 / Size: 6752m2 / Number of employees: 315 / Purpose built as office for White by White
- Elding Oscarson Arkitekter Since: 2014 / Number of employees: 8 / Former use: brewery
- Tham & Videgård Arkitekter Since: 2002 / Size: 200m2 / Number of employees: 15 / Former uses: head office including the telephone service for the local taxi company
- Street Monkey Since: 2016 / Number of employees: 3 / Size: 46m2 / Former use: Built in 1940 as multifamily housing
- Kjellander + Sjöberg Since: 2007 / Size: 260m2 / Number of employees: 40 / Former use: silk mill (today the mill’s operation is confined to one floor, a second floor is inhabited as a silk mill museum)
- SWECO Since: 2012 / Size: 29,000m2 / Number of workstations: More than 1,400 / Former use: Newspaper HQ built in 1960-62
- Superunion Architects Since: 2015 / Size: 130m2 / Number of employees: 4 / Former use: soap factory
- Snøhetta Number of employees: 119 / Former use: storage area for harbour deliveries.
- Lund Hagem Since: 2004 / Size: 1200m2 / Number of employees: 50 / Former use: storage area for harbour deliveries
- Atelier Oslo Since 2011 / Number of employees: 12
- LINK Since: mid 1980s / Number of employees: 59 in Olso branch (15 offices in Scandinavia) / Former uses: flour-mill
- ghilardi+hellsten Since: 2007 / Size: 450m2 / Number of employees: 11 / Former uses: Dance studio
- SPACEGROUP Since: 1999 / Size: 300m2 / Number of employees: 15 / Former uses: functionalist building from the 60s rehabilitated in 2013
- ALA Since: 2013 / Number of employees: 40 / Former uses: student housing with a shooting range in the basement (still there) and a tennis court under the vault, which is where we are
- B&M Architects Since: 2008 / Number of employees: 20 / Former uses: cable factory, which was turned into offices in the 1980s
- JKMM Since: 2015 / Size: 1007m2 / Number of employees: 65 / Former uses: office building designed by Raoul Lehman in 1978
- studiopuisto Since: 2014 / Size: approx 90m2 / Number of employees: 6 / Former uses: fabric store, supermarket
- OOPEAA / LUNDÉN (2 offices in shared space) Since: 2015 / Size: 260m2 / Number of employees: 10 LUNDEN / 10 OOPEAA / Former uses: Camera shop, antiques store. The building itself was built 1936.
- Talli / Leviska (3 offices in shared space) Since: H&L moved in in 1997, Talli in 2012 / Size: 237m2 / Number of employees: 21 (Talli 14 people, Helander & Leiviskä 5, Micki Schnitzler 2) / Former uses: the building used to be an apartment building (built in 1929)
- PES Size: 500m2 / Number of employees: 30 / Former uses: The office bought the site in the 1970’s and the office building was built 1976, area 300m2. The Atelier part was built 1990, area 120m2
Inside the studios of Jägnefält Milton. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Studiopuisto. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Tham & Videgård. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Leth & Gori. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Norrøn. Image © Marc Goodwin 
JKMM. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Talli / Leviska. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Link. Image © Marc Goodwin 
ALA. Image © Marc Goodwin 
C.F.Møller. Image © Marc Goodwin 
White. Image © Marc Goodwin 
OPPEAA / Lundén. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Atelier Oslo. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Elding Oscarson. Image © Marc Goodwin 
OPPEAA / Lundén. Image © Marc Goodwin 
SPACEGROUP. Image © Marc Goodwin 
PES. Image © Marc Goodwin 
KHR Arkitekter. Image © Marc Goodwin 
3XN. Image © Marc Goodwin 
3XN. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Henning Larsen. Image © Marc Goodwin 
street monkey. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Sweco. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Superunion. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Snøhetta. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Snøhetta. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Ludhagem. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Jägnefält Milton. Image © Marc Goodwin 
PES. Image © Marc Goodwin 
B&M. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Kjellander + Sjöberg. Image © Marc Goodwin 
Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter. Image © Marc Goodwin 