DinellJohansson Builds a 12-Square-Metre Fruit Kiosk in Stockholm
DinellJohansson's 12-square-metre glazed fruit kiosk at Fridhemsplan adapts to existing trees and gives sixteen-year vendor Gazmend Likaj a permanent stand of his own.
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- By Grace Kim
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Key takeaways
- DinellJohansson completed a 12-square-metre fruit kiosk at Fridhemsplan, central Stockholm, in 2026.
- Lead architects are Kalle Dinell and Morten Johansson; the kiosk serves vendor Gazmend Likaj, who has sold fruit at the site for sixteen years.
- Glazing wraps the entire kiosk to avoid a rear facade facing the park, while shutters, two fixed canopies and large awnings along the shorter sides display and protect the fruit.
Stockholm-based DinellJohansson has completed a 12-square-metre fruit kiosk at Fridhemsplan in central Stockholm, designed around the existing trees of the square and glazed on all sides so the park behind remains visible through the building.
The project serves a single client with deep local roots. Gazmend Likaj has sold fruit at Fridhemsplan for sixteen years. "Loved by the local community and with countless regular customers, he now has a kiosk of his own," the architects state. "It means less hard work for him, but the same great fruit for us. We were happy to help."
Kalle Dinell and Morten Johansson lead the office. Their brief called for a flexible, space-efficient structure whose geometry would adapt to the square's trees rather than displace them.
The architects rejected a conventional service-stand typology. "The ambition was to avoid having a rear facade facing the park; instead, we proposed glazing all around the kiosk, allowing the park to remain visible through the building," they explain. The all-glass envelope eliminates the blind back wall typical of retail kiosks.
A sloping roof and a neon sign announce the kiosk toward Fridhemsgatan, giving the small structure a street presence that exceeds its footprint.
The facades operate as display infrastructure. During the day, shutters open to present the fruit, which two fixed canopies and large awnings along the shorter sides protect from the weather. The kiosk therefore shifts between closed volume and open market stall over the course of each trading day.
The project sits on Kungsholmen and carries a 2026 year of completion, with photography by Victor Johansson. ArchDaily published the project on October 3, 2026.
At twelve square metres, the kiosk demonstrates how small-scale commercial architecture can secure a long-standing street vendor's place in a busy public square — a model other cities with established market traders may find worth studying.
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