Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design
| Statens centrum för arkitektur och design | |
Arkitektur- och designcentrum (ArkDes)
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| Former name | Museum of Architecture (Arkitekturmuseet) |
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| Established | 1962 |
| Location | Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°19′33″N 18°05′06″E / 59.32583°N 18.08500°ECoordinates: 59°19′33″N 18°05′06″E / 59.32583°N 18.08500°E |
| Type | Architectural museum |
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| Founder | Sveriges Arkitekter, SA (Architects of Sweden) |
| Director | Kerstin Brunnberg |
| Owner | Government of Sweden |
| Public transit access | Bus to Arkitektur-/Moderna museet |
| Website | www.arkdes.se |
The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (Swedish: Arkitektur- och designcentrum, ArkDes, previously known as the Museum of Architecture, Arkitekturmuseet) is a Swedish National Museum for architecture and design. It is located on the island of Skeppsholmen in , Sweden, in the same complex as the modern art museum Moderna Museet. The museum exhibits architecture, urban planning and design. It is an administrative authority under the Ministry of Culture.
The Museum of Architecture was founded in 1962, at the initiative of the National Association of Swedish Architects (Sveriges Arkitekters Riksförbund) as a private foundation. It became nationalized in 1978, when it was housed in buildings previously occupied by the Nautical Chart Department on Skeppsholmen. The new premises were inaugurated in February 1998.
On 28 February 2013, the government issued new instructions for the museum and, on 1 May, changed its name to the Statens centrum för arkitektur och design (The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design). Since the mid-1990s, the museum has been administered by the Ministry of Culture.
The ArtDes is housed in two buildings, the Navy's old drill hall, the Exercishuset, and a recently constructed building designed by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo and built in 1994–97, at the same time as the Moderna Museet. The exhibitions are in the old house and the new building, in a functionalistic style, contains offices, a library, an archive and workshops. The Moneo building was awarded the Kasper Salin Prize in 1998.
The Centre has a permanent exhibition and several temporary thematic exhibitions. The permanent exhibition shows Swedish architecture through the ages in models, photos and historical objects.
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