Architectural Uprising, founded as Arkitekturupproret is a Swedish
non-profit association
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and
think tank
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which was founded in September 2016. It defends
classical architecture
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while simultaneously contesting modern architecture, deeming modern buildings unprepossessing. Initially founded as a digital group in 2014, it became an association two years later. Described by
Bloomberg
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as a "significant platform and voice in the design of built environments", it is an independent organization. Its work is analogous to that carried out in the United States by the
ICAA.
Chapters
The Architectural Uprising has chapters in
Brazil
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,
Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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Germany
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Romania
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India
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,
Ireland
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, Israel, Italy, the
Netherlands
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Norway
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Poland
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Spain
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Syria
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Ukraine
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and other countries, as well as several groups for regions and cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, and one for the western United States.
Kasper Kalkon Award
Since 2016, the association has been awarding the Kasper Kalkon prize
(sv). The name Kasper Kalkon ironically alludes to Sweden's Architects' main prize, the
Kasper Salin Prize
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, and every year the AU holds a ''Turkey Gala'' as the equivalent of the ''Kasper Salin Gala'', where, among other awards, prizes for Sweden's ugliest and most beautiful new buildings are awarded.
The Kasper Kalkon prize for Sweden's ugliest newly built house was inspired by the British
Carbuncle Cup
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, which was instituted in 2006 after a statement by
Charles III
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(then ''Prince of Wales'') that a modernist addition to the
National Gallery
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in London resembled "a boil
arbuncleon the face of a dear old friend". The Kasper Kalkon prize was awarded for the first time in November 2016. The winner, who was chosen by public vote, was Segerstedthuset in Uppsala. AU also subsequently appointed winners for each year throughout the
2010s
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.
Concept of ''fake view''
The Architecture Uprising coined the term "fake view", which means that digital vision images of planned buildings are created in a way that is impossible to realize, which in turn leads to the real building looking completely different from what the vision image predicted. In connection with the
Kasper Kalkon award, the AU usually also awards a prize to "the most lying fake view of the year", which is sometimes chosen by vote and sometimes appointed by the AU's working group.
In 2021, the new Växjö municipal building by architect White Arkitekter won the prize for the most lying fake view of the year.
The winner in 2022 was the Platinan conference house in
Gothenburg
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, designed by Erik Giudice.
See also
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Classical order
An order in architecture is a certain assemblage of parts subject to uniform established proportions, regulated by the office that each part has to perform.
Coming down to the present from Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman civiliz ...
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Classical architecture
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Traditional architecture
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New Classical architecture
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References
External links
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Short documentary about the Architectural Uprising 2023 (The Aesthetic City)
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Arts organizations established in 2016
Architecture organizations
2016 establishments in Sweden
New Classical architecture
Classical architecture
Architecture in Sweden