Press kit

Who we are

Acarta is a living field guide to architecture and public art, with the ambition to gather places, stories, and conversations about the built world in one place. Each place has its own description, and the content is enriched by users' photos and contributions.

Why we exist

Much of what's written and documented about buildings stays scattered across books, reports, and individual websites, and never reaches a wider audience. We want to make architecture legible and engaging for more people.

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Press release

A new app tells you who designed the buildings around you

Stockholm, June 2026

Acarta is a Swedish field guide to architecture and public art. The app brings together more than 10,800 buildings, parks, and artworks on a single map and tells you who designed them and why they look the way they do. Acarta is free for iPhone, Android, and the web.

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The team

Acarta is founded by Adam and Evelina Strandberg. Full biographies and founder statements are available on the About Acarta page.

About Acarta

Acarta is a Swedish field guide to architecture and public art. At launch the service holds 10,800+ places across 250 cities worldwide, most of them in Sweden, and short profiles of 5,800+ architects, artists, and landscape architects. The ambition is to also make space for conversation and discovery and to make architecture accessible to more people. Place descriptions are written for Acarta and enriched by users' photos and contributions. Acarta is built in Stockholm by siblings Adam and Evelina Strandberg, operated by Väder AB, and launches for iPhone, Android, and the web in June 2026.

Facts

Product: Acarta, a field guide to architecture and public art
Platforms: iPhone, Android, web
Launch: June 2026
Founders: Adam Strandberg and Evelina Strandberg (siblings)
Operated by: Väder AB, Stockholm, Sweden (org.nr 559314-1537)
Languages: Swedish, English
Catalogue at launch: 10,800+ places across 250 cities worldwide, most of them in Sweden, by 5,800+ architects, artists, and landscape architects
Protected and award-winning places: 1,200+, from Unesco World Heritage sites and Swedish listed buildings to winners of the Kasper Salin Prize
Walks: Themed walks in every city, plus curated walks in Stockholm
Badges: 50+ across five tiers, earned by visiting cities, exploring a style, or following a specific creator
Business model: Free to browse, free to check in, and free to follow friends. Pro unlocks full place info and photos, and whole cities downloaded for offline use. Offered as weekly and annual plans. In Sweden, App Store prices are 79 SEK/week or 599 SEK/year; local prices are shown before purchase.
Funding: Self-funded
Privacy: No location tracking in the background. Photographs not used to train AI. GDPR-compliant

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