Jim Brunnestom Arkitektur is a Malmö-based studio working at the intersection of architecture, craft, and place. With a sincere and hands-on approach, the studio engages in projects of all scales — from homes to housing developments — always with the same dedication to clarity, atmosphere, and precision.
Each project begins with a strong architectural idea, developed through a sketch-based dialogue between site, client, regulation, and material. The construction process is seen not only as execution but as an essential phase where the architectural concept is tested, transformed, and refined through collaboration with skilled hands.
The studio seeks simplicity without austerity, and character without noise. Good proportions, spatial generosity, and carefully chosen materials form the foundation of a design language that is both grounded and poetic — architecture that resonates emotionally and stands the test of time.
Founded by Jim Brunnestom, MAA, SAR/MSA, the practice is rooted in Danish architectural tradition and developed through years of experience at leading offices in Copenhagen. Today, the studio builds a growing body of work across Sweden — a practice best described as Danish architecture in Sweden.
Grants, awards & competitions2024 Honorable mention, CHART Architecture: Team: Jonas Nordgren, Max Gerthel & Rroni Bexheti.
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2019 1. pris vinnare av offentlig konst för, SÄBO Varberg. Team: Emma Tryti og Jamila Drott.
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2018 1st prize winner of a invited competition for a public art comission, Hallands Museum of art. In collaboration with Maria Stigsdotter Drott and Jamila Drott.
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2016 Project grant, Leader Dalsland
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2015 1st prize, winner of architecture competition Dalslandsstugan 2.0, with Magnus Hellum and Hampus Berndtson.
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2013 ZK/U, Centre for Art and Urbanistics, Artist residency, Berlin.
2013 Dreyers fond, grant
2013 Fondation Idella, grant
Publications/press
2024 Arkitekten 3-2024. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2019 The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions
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RIBA Publishing, by Maria Theodorou and Antigoni Katsakou. Experimentation within Swedish Competitions by Magnus Rönn. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2018 Tidningen Trä (Swedish Wood Magazine) Issue 3-2018 [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2018 The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions. RIBA Publishing, by Maria Theodorou and Antigoni Katsakou. Experimentation within Swedish Competitions by Magnus Rönn. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2017 Settlement, Ecology and Tectonics, By Frans Drewniak. [The Communal Villa]
2017 Arkitekten 11-2017. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
2015 Arkitekten 6/7-2015. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2019 1. pris vinnare av offentlig konst för, SÄBO Varberg. Team: Emma Tryti og Jamila Drott.
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2018 1st prize winner of a invited competition for a public art comission, Hallands Museum of art. In collaboration with Maria Stigsdotter Drott and Jamila Drott.
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2016 Project grant, Leader Dalsland
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2015 1st prize, winner of architecture competition Dalslandsstugan 2.0, with Magnus Hellum and Hampus Berndtson.
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2013 ZK/U, Centre for Art and Urbanistics, Artist residency, Berlin.
2013 Dreyers fond, grant
2013 Fondation Idella, grant
Publications/press
2024 Arkitekten 3-2024. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2019 The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions
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RIBA Publishing, by Maria Theodorou and Antigoni Katsakou. Experimentation within Swedish Competitions by Magnus Rönn. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2018 Tidningen Trä (Swedish Wood Magazine) Issue 3-2018 [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2018 The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions. RIBA Publishing, by Maria Theodorou and Antigoni Katsakou. Experimentation within Swedish Competitions by Magnus Rönn. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
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2017 Settlement, Ecology and Tectonics, By Frans Drewniak. [The Communal Villa]
2017 Arkitekten 11-2017. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
2015 Arkitekten 6/7-2015. [Dalslandsstugan 2.0]
Selected exhibitions
2019 Wood 2019 (Trä 2019), Virserums konsthall 2016 Avalon. Galleri Jan Wallmark, Curated by Petter Ivarsson, Stockholm
2016 Diploma exhibition. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen.
2015 Ressource City, Curated by Frans Drewniak, Næstved
2015 Hidden art, Malmö. Curated by Tamara de Laval and Ossian Theselius
2015 Dalslandsstugan 2.0, Dalslandscenter, Håverud, Sweden
2014 TheVending Machine. Organiserad av Jonas Sandström & Iselin Toubro. Västermalmsgallerian, Stockholm.
2014 Hidden art, Göta kanal, Curated by Tamara de Laval and Ossian Theselius
2014 Easter show, Galleri Kolonn, Copenhagen
2013 Holzbox during Berlin Art Week. ZK/U - Center for Art & Urbanistic, Berlin
2013 BA-Exhibition. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen.
2012 Island in the Sun, Jurmo, Finland
2012 THE WAY DOWN IS ALSO A WAY UP, Vita Rosen, Gothenburg 2011 Advent Adventuum, Gallery ORO, Gothenburg
2011 Gudars skymning, Stockholm
2011 Subversiva spår part #2, Stockholm
2011 Island in the Sun, Jurmo, Finland
2011 Subversiva spår, Turku, Finland
2010 1/1, Galleri Original, Umeå
2010 Gudars skymning, Stockholm