Bankhus 90, Office building in Rissne, Sundbyberg Municipality, Sweden
Bankhus 90 is an office building in Rissne that features a distinctive facade with white ceramic tiles on the northwest side and vertical bands running along Ulvsundavägen. The structure contains approximately 93,000 square meters of office space with flexible workspaces that can be modified in size and function to meet different needs.
SEB commissioned the building in an invited architectural competition announced in 1987, won by Rosenbergs Arkitektkontor AB. It was completed in 1992, just as Sweden's banking crisis hit, and drew criticism as a symbol of 1980s overbuilding and property speculation. SEB began vacating it in 2017 for new premises in Arenastaden; it is now owned by Nordisk Renting and let to several tenants.
The structure received the Betongelementföreningens Architecture Prize in 1992 for its innovative use of concrete elements in commercial building design.
The building stands at the northern entrance to Stockholm, where Enköpingsvägen meets Ulvsundavägen, on the Rissne side of Sundbyberg Municipality. The main entrance faces the inner courtyard on the southeast side, reached through the gallery corridor that links the entrance hall, pavilions, dining hall and stairwells. Parking is in the basement, and a parking garage was added in 2008 as a southwest extension. The northwest facade along Ulvsundavägen is closed, with four vertical bands of bay windows.
The building was completed just as Sweden's banking crisis hit in the early 1990s and became a symbol of the excesses of the 1980s construction boom and property speculation. One aim was to make it SEB's head office, but key functions stayed at Kungsträdgården 8 in central Stockholm. SEB began leaving in 2017 for new premises in Arenastaden.
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