Ark
A destination for fashion, food, music and media
A brutalist living room in Östermalm.
Tucked in amongst the beautiful turn-of-the-century buildings of Östermalm lies the former School of Architecture – a brutalist building often voted Sweden’s ugliest building. When the idea of creating a prototype of future workplaces began, we transformed the building into a meeting place with creativity at its core. The doors to A house’s first destination, Ark, opened in 2016.
Today, Ark is a meeting place for creative industries focused on fashion, food, music, and media. Our community ranges from freelance creatives and startups to established companies. Events fill our space day and night, everything from concerts and lectures to design exhibitions, fashion shows, and even ice baths. Every year, we welcome summer on our large terrace, overlooking Engelbrektskyrkan.
A house Ark is more than just coworking. We provide inspiring environments for creators to grow, collaborate, and find community. Our formula? Curiosity, character, inspiration, learning, culture, food, and drinks. Constantly evolving spaces, contrasts, and unexpected experiences – plus those undefinable elements that, according to our members, make A house truly unique.
Facts
A house Ark is located in the former premises of the School of Architecture in Östermalm. The building was designed in a brutalist style by architect Gunnar Henriksson and built in 1970. The interior design today goes under the keywords brutalist living room. Ark has an area of approximately 12,500 m².
- Ground Floor with 3 restaurants/cafes and a brewery
- Event Spaces, 1 423 m² (of which 395 m² outdoors)
- Coworking, 3 000 m²
- Lobby, 40 seats
- Workclub, 44 seats
- Studios, 35 units (10-112 m²)
- Larger Offices, 7 (400-800 m²)
Opening hours Front Desk
Weekdays 8:00 – 17:00 / Weekends closed
Member access 24/7
Contact us
Östermalmsgatan 26A, 114 26 Stockholm
ark@ahouse.se
+46 8 410 899 00
Membership
As a member of our community, you get access to activities that make it easy to discover new collaborations. Breakfast, yoga, lectures, and AWs are some examples. Choose between a lobby membership, a fixed place in the Workclub, a desk, or your very own office space. Whatever your needs, we’ll find a solution.
Event venues
Host your event in our iconic buildings, where the venues set the stage, but you decide the content. Our flexible spaces are suited to events and conferences of all sizes, and many can be combined to create a multi-layered event experience. Rent them as raw spaces or co-create with us.
From criticized institution to creative destination
In Sweden’s ugliest building, nothing has been left to chance. Ark has been making room for creativity since 1971.