Hötorget buildings, High-rise architectural ensemble in Norrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden

The Hötorget buildings are five 61-metre office towers with nineteen storeys, numbered 1 to 5 with large blue neon figures on their gables; number 1 stands nearest the Concert Hall and number 5 nearest Sergels torg. Each tower is formed as two offset slabs, giving a slender profile, and the curtain-wall facades of glass and aluminium hang in front of the load-bearing frame. The five were designed by five different architects, so the facades vary in material and treatment.

Sven Markelius drew up the city plan for the area around southern Sveavägen in 1945, and the first sketches for the five towers date from 1946. Construction ran from 1955 to 1962, with the first building finished in 1960. Yngve Larsson coined the name 'De fem trumpetstötarna' during the 1945 council debate on the Norrmalm redevelopment.

The ensemble earned the nickname 'The Five Trumpet Blasts' from city council member Yngve Larsson as a way to mark the city's modernization. This name reflects how Stockholmers viewed these buildings as a symbol of their city stepping boldly into the future.

The buildings are accessible during daytime, and the ground-floor storefronts invite browsing. The wide pedestrian passages offer plenty of space to view the architecture from different angles.

The five towers were designed by five different architects and firms, all from Sweden's architectural elite of the time. Their exteriors were kept deliberately similar for a uniform look, but each architect chose the facade design and materials freely. The gables facing Sveavägen carry large blue neon numerals 1 to 5, with house 1 nearest the Concert Hall and house 5 nearest Sergels torg.