Status Complete Location Gothenburg, Sweden Completed 1989 Height 81 m Architect Ralph Erskine | Type Office Construction started 1986 Owner Vasakronan Phone +46 31 15 61 47 | |
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Address Lilla Bommen, 411 04 Göteborg, Sweden Hours Closed now Friday11AM–4PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday11AM–4PMTuesday11AM–4PMWednesday11AM–4PMThursday11AM–4PM Similar Viking, Göta älvbron, Skansen Kronan, Älvsborg Bridge, Feskekôrka | ||
Lilla Bommen, popularly referred to as The Lipstick, is an 86 m (282 ft) high post-modern high-rise with 22 floors in the Lilla Bommen district of central Gothenburg, Sweden. It is commonly referred to by people from Gothenburg as Läppstiftet (The Lipstick), Skanskaskrapan (The Skanska Skyscraper), Vattenståndet (a double-entendre: The Water Level, but also The Water Erection) or Legohuset (The Lego House), although the official name is simply Lilla Bommen after its location.
Skanskaskrapan was designed by Ralph Erskine in cooperation with White Architects and built by Skanska in the late 1980s, led by Gösta Backmark.
The building was completed in 1989, and has 27,596 m2 (297,040 sq ft) of office space, 2,501 m2 (26,920 sq ft) of shopping space and 1,528 m2 (16,450 sq ft) for other functions. Owned by the Vasakronan real estate company, it is possible to take an elevator to the top floor café GötheborgsUtkiken (The Gothenburg Lookout), which has a good view of the city.