Nyponet, Student housing tower in Stockholm, Sweden
Nyponet is a 21-storey point block on Körsbärsvägen at Roslagstull, 54.5 metres tall and containing 145 student flats. Architects Dag and Lennart Ribbing designed it, and the Studenthemmet i Stockholm company built it in 1956–1958. Its facade of brick and concrete in strong colours stands on a rock slope above Valhallavägen, at the edge of the old stone districts of Östermalm and Vasastan.
Nyponet was built between 1956 and 1958 by the company Studenthemmet i Stockholm, designed by architects Dag Ribbing and Lennart Ribbing. In 1995 the Stadsmuseet gave the building a green marking, classifying it as having high cultural-historical value of a particularly valuable kind. It is owned by the Stiftelsen Stockholms Studentbostäder.
The house is owned by the Stiftelsen Stockholms Studentbostäder foundation and was built by the company Studenthemmet i Stockholm. Its name, Nyponet ("the rose hip"), follows the practice of naming student housing after plants. The brick and concrete facade and the site on the cliff above Valhallavägen make it a landmark at the border of Östermalm and Vasastan.
The building sits conveniently near public transit and walking distance from academic institutions, making daily student life practical and accessible. When visiting, keep in mind this is a private residential building and interior spaces are not open to the public.
The building's name, Nyponet ("the rose hip"), is not visible on the facade; what a visitor can spot is the colourful brick and concrete front set on a rock slope above Valhallavägen. In 1995 the Stadsmuseet gave it a green marking, its label for a building of high cultural-historical value.
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