Protecting City Character vs. New Buildings

Mikael Valier Furtenbach (KD) proposed that Stockholm introduce special "architecture zones" in the inner city and older districts to control the height, volume, materials, and design language of new constructions to better blend with existing older architecture. The City Executive Board rejected the proposal, stating that sufficient guidelines and laws already exist to protect the city's character, and that the city must also be able to develop with new architectural expressions for future generations.