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Lilla Bommen (building)

The Lilla Bommen, commonly referred to as Läppstiftet, is an 86 m, 22-floor building housing office, networking and restaurant spaces in Gothenburg, Sweden, named after the surrounding location of Lilla Bommen. The building's distinct post-modern architectural style, popularly referred to as "The Lipstick" due to its distinctive red-and-white colour schematic, was erected on the banks of Göta älv in 1989 by Skanska…

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1989

Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Lilla Bommen (building) in Gothenburg, Sweden

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Ralph Erskine

1914-2005 · Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

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Ralph Erskine

studio · Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

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