Sweden’s Tallest Timber Building Is a Towering Feat of Sustainable Architecture

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Airtight, sustainable, and quick to assemble, Sweden’s carbon-sequestering Kajstaden tower is a beacon for sustainable construction.

The Kajstaden Tall Timber Building has nine floors with an elevated ground floor and a double-height top floor. C.F. Møller Architects designed the building in collaboration with Martinsons, Bjerking and Consto AB, for client Slättö Förvaltning.

An hour outside of Stockholm, C.F. Møller Architects has crafted the tallest timber tower in Sweden. Inaugurated last February, the record-breaking Kajstaden Tall Timber Building serves not only as a landmark for the newly founded Kajstaden district of Västerås, but also as a powerful symbol of the many benefits—sustainable, structural, and otherwise—of high-rise timber structures.

The Kajstaden Tall Timber Building has nine floors with an elevated ground floor and a double-height top floor. C.F. Møller Architects designed the building in collaboration with Martinsons, Bjerking and Consto AB, for client Slättö Förvaltning.

The Kajstaden Tall Timber Building has nine floors with an elevated ground floor and a double-height top floor. C.F. Møller Architects designed the building in collaboration with Martinsons, Bjerking and Consto AB, for client Slättö Förvaltning.

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Nikolaj Jakobsen

“The building in Kajstaden constitutes a new chapter in the history of construction, as it is currently Sweden’s tallest solid-timber building,” says Ola Jonsson, associate partner at C.F. Møller Architects. “Through research projects and our other timber projects we have focused on innovation and contributed towards developing ways of realizing high-rise buildings made of timber. Industrial timber technology also provides architects with better tools for designing beautiful houses that boast a high degree of detail.”

Located in the central residential neighborhood of Kajstaden near the water, the building is the ideal height for CLT construction, which ranges between three and 11 stories. Buildings taller than 11 stories require greater weight—such as concrete cores—for stabilization.

Located in the central residential neighborhood of Kajstaden near the water, the building is the ideal height for CLT construction, which ranges between three and 11 stories. Buildings taller than 11 stories require greater weight—such as concrete cores—for stabilization.

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Nikolaj Jakobsen

The architectural potential of building with wood has been greatly expanded thanks to cross-laminated timber. The prefabricated solid timber panels are engineered for high levels of resistance against fire and moisture, which are common problems associated with old wooden buildings.

With over 100,000 square meters of solid timber projects in the works, C.F. Møller Architects is showing through example how solid wood is a climate-conscious alternative to concrete. Designed for extreme strength, cross-laminated timber also retains wood’s flexible and lightweight advantages that translate to faster installation times and fewer deliveries to the construction site.

Each floor of the building took four craftsmen an average of three days to put together. There are four apartments on each floor.
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Each floor of the building took four craftsmen an average of three days to put together. There are four apartments on each floor.

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