This is the Wenner-Gren Center at Sveaplan in Stockholm. A 25-story steel building, currently under renovation by Fabege. Nice to see the old advertising from Kellogg's Cornflakes and Kungsörnen coming to light as workers remove the old facade. The murals date back to 1962 when the building was constructed. A coup back in the day from the builder Axel Wenner-Gren as the murals had not been approved by the City. The architects back in the day were Sune Lindström and Alf Bydén from Vattenbyggnadsbyrån AB. I read in a recent news article that the people from Kungsörnen seemed happy about the old ads, I buy their products almost every week. And for good measure I have added a second photo where you can see the original curtain wall facade. The glass in three different colors came from Belgium. Oh, and if you look closely you can see a worker on the scaffolding.
6 comments:
Those hidden murals and the original colorful curtain wall really highlight the building’s unique story
Really unfortunate that those are gone.
That is quite a project.
Will they keep the old ads?
They will probably just put up the new facade over them. They have been there since 1962, so why not. But I will try to find out.
It's very grand! Good to see the old ads :-D
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