Lilla Bommen (building)

This article is about the Lilla Bommen building. For the district in Gothenburg with the same name, see Lilla Bommen.

For the song by Ed Sheeran, see Lego House.

Lilla Bommen
200px Lilla Bommen, building
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Office
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Coordinates
Construction started	1986
Completed	1989
Owner	Vasakronan
Management	Vasakronan
Height
Antenna spire	86 m (282 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Design and construction
Architect	Ralph Erskine
Structural engineer	White arkitekter
Main contractor	Skanska

Lilla Bommen, popularly referred to as The Lipstick, is an 86 m (282 ft) high post-modern high-rise with 22 floors in the Lilla Bommen district of central Gothenburg, Sweden. It is commonly referred to by people from Gothenburg as Läppstiftet (The Lipstick), Skanskaskrapan (The Skanska Skyscraper), Vattenståndet (a double-entendre: The Water Level, but also The Water Erection) or Legohuset (The Lego House), although the official name is simply Lilla Bommen after its location.

Skanskaskrapan was designed by Ralph Erskine in cooperation with White Architects and built by Skanska in the late 1980s, led by Gösta Backmark.

The building was completed in 1989, and has 27,596 m² (297,040 sq ft) of office space, 2,501 m² (26,920 sq ft) of shopping space and 1,528 m² (16,450 sq ft) for other functions. Owned by the Vasakronan real estate company, it is possible to take an elevator to the top floor café GötheborgsUtkiken (The Gothenburg Lookout), which has a good view of the city.

Gallery

• Skanskaskrapan, Gothenburg, July 2009 (ubt).JPG

  North facade

• Skanskaskrapan.jpg

  East facade

• Skanskaskrapan september 2010.jpg

  Lilla Bommen and the marina

External links

• Pictures of the building and the surrounding area