Cobe to transform former IKEA warehouse into Museum of Furniture Studies in Sweden
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Cajsa Carlson
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Summary
Danish architecture studio Cobe has been selected to transform an old IKEA warehouse in Älmhult, Sweden, into the Museum of Furniture Studies. The museum, previously located in Stockholm and recently acquired by IKEA, will serve as a platform for both historic and contemporary design. Cobe's design approach is described as a "precise transformation" of the existing industrial building.
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· 2 pulledDanish studio Cobe has been chosen for a 'precise transformation' that will see an old IKEA warehouse in Älmhult, Sweden, turned into a furniture museum
The Museum of Furniture Studies, which was previously located in Stockholm and recently acquired by furniture brand IKEA, will now be housed in a building designed by Cobe.
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