The Swedish architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune was founded in 1995 by
Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune. Today an internationally
renowned practice, working with both architecture and design.
The first Swedish studio to exhibit in the international section of the Venice
Architecture Biennale in 2004, they are also responsible for award-winning projects
such as the K5 hotel and multi-purpose building in Tokyo; De Bergenske hotels:
Grand Hotel Terminus, Bergen Børs, Villa Terminus & Hotel Zander K, all in Bergen,

Norway; Tind Prefab house collection for Fiskarhedenvillan, Inde/Jacobs art gallery
in Marfa, Texas, Widlund House private villa in Öland, Örsta Gallery building in
Kumla, Sfera Building culture house in Kyoto and Nobis Hotel in Stockholm.
Claesson Koivisto Rune has received an array of international awards and
recognitions, amongst them ten American Good Design Awards 2009 – 2018; the
Designpreis Deutschland (Gold and Silver) 2011 by the Federal Republic of
Germany; Designer of the Year 2011 and Furniture of the Year 2012 by Elle Deco
Sweden; Designer of the Year and Best Seating 2014 by Elle Decor Italia; and the
Red Dot Design Award – Best of the Best 2014, making them the first office to hold
the prestigious Red Dot in five different product categories. In 2021, Claesson
Koivisto Rune received ‘Best Hotel Conversion’ for K5 hotel, Tokyo, in the Asia
Ahead awards.

In 2021, King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf presented Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto
and Ola Rune with The Prince Eugen Medal for outstanding artistic achievement in
architecture (2020). They have also been the recipients of the Bruno Mathsson
Award (2015), the highest honour in furniture design in Sweden and the
Scandinavian region.

Photography by Knut Koivisto