We make change
About Belatchew
We make the world a little better with architecture. A building created to serve a purpose and be an integral part of its place will do wonders wherever it stands. For people, for the city, for the surroundings and for the future. For us, architecture is something that touches everyone. Everyone who is part of the project’s idea and progress, and those who will live their lives in and around the buildings and cityscapes we create. We bring new ideas, we listen and we interact. We are Belatchew.
Belatchew was founded in 2006 by Rahel Belatchew and consists of architects, structural engineers and process and project managers. The office is located in Södermalm in Stockholm and has an international presence. The projects cover a wide range, from residential homes and offices to community properties. In addition to our ability to deliver high-quality projects, we safeguard sound project finances and maintain a close dialogue with our clients, where responsiveness is of great importance.
Om Belatchew Labs
Belatchew Labs is a studio within Belatchew that works with experimental projects that aims first and foremost to investigate and test new approaches and solutions to urban and architectonical issues.
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Awards (selection)
Belatchew has been awarded many prizes both in Sweden and internationally.
Winner, AR Mipim Future Project Award 2015 and 2019.
Winner, DNA Paris Design Awards 2019
Winner, WAN Awards Future Residential 2018
Honorary award, Architectural Master Prize 2018
Honorary award, Architectural Master Prize 2018
Honorary award, World Architecture Festival 2017
‘Highly Commended’, World Architecture Festival, Berlin, 2017.
Shortlist, Steel Building Price, 2017.
Winner, AR Mipim Future Project Award 2015
Winner of Smart Living Challenge 2015
Winner, Swedish Forms Award Design S, Sweden’s National Design Prize, 2014.
Listed as one of “the 101 most exciting new architectural offices in the world” of the magazine Wallpaper *, 2007
Honorary award, “Architect of the Year 2006”, Residence Magazine
Honorary award, “House of the Year 2004” of the House of Houses of Villa RBDVD
Shortlist design competition Aluminum design 2005, for the chair Z
Shortlist Bauwelt Prize, Germany, 2003
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Exhibitions and Honorary Assignments (selection)
Representing Sweden, Market Insight – Women in Architecture and Design, British Embassy in Stockholm, 2021.
Exhibition, Skuggspel, Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum, Stockholm, 2019.
Representing Sweden, Swedish Style Mumbai, India, 2019.
Representing Sweden, Urban well-being by architectural design, Arctober, New York City, 2018
Representing Sweden during DesignMarch, Iceland Design Festival, 2018.
Representing Sweden in a Swedish-British Architectural Exchange, organized by the British Embassy and ArkDes, 2018.
Exhibition, London 2026, Roca London Gallery, UK, 2019.
Exhibition, ‘Design Solution – Swedish Design for 170 years’, ‘World Design Capital 2016’, Taipei, 2016.
Exhibition, Reprogramming the City, Arkdes, Stockholm, 2015.
Exhibition, Reprogramming the City, Danish Architecture City, Copenhagen, 2015.
Participantating in Virserum Konsthall’s commitment to sustainable urban development, 2010
Exhibition of Eco House in Budapest at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2008
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Radio /TV (selection)
2021 Designhistorier SVT
2021 Stadsinspektionen Sveriges Radio
2020 SVT Bo i staden
2020 Stadsinspektionen Sveriges Radio
2016 Sveriges Radio Spotlight
2015 BBC
2015 CNN
2014 SVT Kobra
2014 Sveriges Radio Klotet
2014 Sveriges Radio Spanarna
2014 Canadian TV
2012 ”Port d’attache
2010 Deutsche Welle
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Publications (selection)
2021 ByRum.se
2020 A As Architecture
2020 Resumé
2019 Verve
2019b Dagens Nyheter
2019 The Guardian
2019 Elle Magazine
2019a Dagens Nyheter
2019 Tidskriften Rum
2018 Architectural Review
2018 DesignBoom
2018 Arch Daily
2018 Tidskriften Rum
2017 DesignBoom
2017 Wired
2017 Rum
20150207 Der Spiegel
20150313 Le Figaro
20150412 Platforma Urbana
20150711 Business Insider MY
20150308 Arch Daily
20150305 Dagens Nyheter
20150217 Fast Company / CoExist
20140613 UN Habitat
20140617 Fast Coexist
20140618 Ny Teknik
20140623 Le Monde
20140704 The Architectural Society of China
20140610 Houston Chronicle
20140612 Designboom
20140613 Archinet
20140613 Architizer
20140613 Inhabitat
20140620 Curbed
20140709 Virgin
20140819 FORM
20141127 Dagens Nyheter
20140904 Stavanger Aftenblad
20140904 Bergens Tidende
20140819 FORM
20140715 Architectural Society of China
20140623 Le Monde
20140618 Ny Teknik
20140618 Atlantico
20140612 Dagens Samhälle
20140613 The Atlantic
20130530 Huffington Post
20130524 China Daily
20130522 Daily Mail
2013 La Stampa
2013 National Geographic
20130215 Dagens Nyheter
201204 Trä!
2008 Hinge Magazine Hong Kong
20080222 DI Weekend
2008 Plaza Finland
2008 [Disajn]
2007 Träinformation
20071026 DN Bostad
2006 Residence 2006
2005 Abstract Magazine Belgien
20050319 Het Nieuwsblad-Weekend Plaza Belgien
2005 Living Design Japan
20050320 De Standaard Belgien
2005 Interiør Norge 2005
2003 Arkitektur
2003 Bauwelt Tyskland
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Books (selection)
2020, “Habiter l’air”, Michele Boni, Collection Alternatives / Éditions Gallimard
2019, “Attitude as Style – Rahel Belatchew, Architect”, Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing
2017, Nordic Architects – Global Impacts, Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing
2009, Space Craft 2, Gestalten Verlag
2009, Ice Architecture, Verlagshaus Braun
2009, 150 Best Bathroom Ideas New York
2009, Interior Design New York
2009, Patio Houses Latinta publishing Barcelona
2009, Small houses in nature Links publishing Barcelona
2006, Arkitekternas Villor Arkitektur Förlag
2004, Source Quadrille publishing London
2004, Architecture and Detail, China 2008
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