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Arctic mining

  • The new town center of Kiruna with the circular town hall by Henning Larsen which is due for completion in 2016 (Image: White Arkitekter)
    Architecture
    How do you move a city and keep its mining industry alive?
    The century-old Swedish town of Kiruna in the Arctic Circle sits on one of the world’s richest deposits of iron ore. Now in danger of collapse due to extensive deep mining, the city center is to be relocated in a plan developed by White Arkitekter, and including a new town hall by Henning Larsen.