Skanska to develop and construct Green Building on Universitetsholmen in Malmo, Sweden

Skanska is continuing with development of the Universitetsholmen in central Malmö. The office building, designated “Bassängkajen,” will be built in seven stories and comprise a total of 19,000 square meters in two stages. Skanska’s investment in the first stage involving 10,000 square meters amounts to about SEK 240 M and is scheduled to be completed in autumn 2010. The new property is expected to be one of the first in Malmö to fulfill the... 

Iittala Aalto Clear Vases

Alvar Aalto’s Savoy vase is one of the most famous vases in history. Designed in 1936 for a competition at the Paris World’s Fair, Finnish architect and furniture designer Alvar Aalto anonymously entered and won the competition for his vase under the pseudonym “Eskimo woman’s leather breeches.” Aalto, Finnish for “wave,” created a glass vase with wavy lines and whimsical freeform design that continues to win awards, has residency...