Editing Malmö (section)

===Architecture===
[[File:St Petri church in Malmö.jpg|thumb|right|[[St. Peter's Church, Malmö|St. Peter's Church]] in Malmö]]
[[File:Malmö synagoga 2.jpg|thumb|right|Art Nouveau [[Malmö synagogue]]]]
[[File:Moske Malmo 2014Jun17 0002-3.jpg|thumb|right|[[Malmö mosque|Mosque]] in Malmö]]
[[File:Västra hamnen skyview, Malmö.jpg|thumb|left|[[Västra hamnen]] skyview, Malmö]]
Malmö's oldest building is [[St. Peter's Church, Malmö|St. Peter's Church]] ({{langx|sv|Sankt Petri}}). It was built in the early 14th century in Baltic Brick Gothic probably after [[St. Mary's Church, Lübeck|St Mary's Church]] in Lübeck. The church is built with a [[nave]], two aisles, a [[transept]] and a tower. Its exterior is characterized above all by the flying [[buttress]]es spanning its airy arches over the aisles and [[ambulatory]]. The tower, which fell down twice during the 15th century, got its current look in 1890.<ref>{{cite web |title=Svenska kyrkan&nbsp;— Malmö S:t Petri församling&nbsp;— S:t Petri kyrka&nbsp;— |website=Malmös katedral |url=http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?di=88936&ptid=0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428230415/https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?di=88936&ptid=0 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |access-date=2 February 2010 |language=sv}}</ref> Another major church of significance is the [[Church of Our Saviour, Malmö]], which was founded in 1870.

Another old building is [[Tunneln]], {{convert|300|m|sigfig=1}} to the west of Sankt Petri Church, which also dates back to around 1300.

The oldest parts of Malmö were built between 1300 and 1600 during its first major period of expansion.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} The central city's layout, as well as some of its oldest buildings, are from this time. Many of the smaller buildings from this time are typical Scanian: two-story urban houses that show a strong Danish influence.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}

Recession followed in the ensuing centuries. The next expansion period was in the mid 19th century and led to the modern stone and brick city. This expansion lasted into the 20th century and can be seen by a number of [[Art Nouveau]] buildings, among those in the [[Malmö synagogue]]. Malmö was relatively late to be influenced by modern ideas of [[functionalism (architecture)|functionalist]] tenement architecture in the 1930s.

Around 1965, the government initiated the so-called [[Million Programme]], intending to offer affordable apartments in the outskirts of major Swedish cities. But this period also saw the reconstruction (and razing) of much of the historical city centre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stockholm: a universalist vision of housing tested by shortages|url=https://www.lafabriquedelacite.com/en/publications/stockholm-a-universalist-vision-of-housing-tested-by-shortages/|access-date=12 September 2021|website=La Fabrique de la Cité|date=4 June 2019 |language=en-US|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912152131/https://www.lafabriquedelacite.com/en/publications/stockholm-a-universalist-vision-of-housing-tested-by-shortages/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since the late 1990s, Malmö has seen a more cosmopolitan architecture. {{lang|sv|[[Västra hamnen|Västra Hamnen]]}} (the Western Harbor), like most of the harbors to the north of the city centre, was industrial. In 2001 its reconstruction began as an urban residential neighbourhood, with 500 residential units, most were part of the exhibition [[Bo01]].<ref>{{Cite web |website=City of Malmö  |title=Western Harbour/Bo01 |url=http://www.malmo.se/English/Sustainable-City-Development/Bo01---Western-Harbour.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106221448/http://www.malmo.se/English/Sustainable-City-Development/Bo01---Western-Harbour.html |archive-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> The exhibition had two main objectives: develop self-sufficient housing units in terms of energy and greatly diminish phosphorus emissions. Among the new building's towers were the [[Turning Torso]], a skyscraper with a twisting design, {{convert|190|m}} tall, the majority of which is residential. It became Malmö's new landmark.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tykesson |first1=Tyke L. |title=Arkitekterna som formade Malmö: En modern stad växer fram 1878-1945 |date=1996 |publisher=Carlsson |location=Stockholm |isbn=91-7203-113-1 |edition=2nd revised uppl |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Malmö Arkitekturhistoria |trans-title=Malmö Architectural history |url=https://www2.malmo.stadsbibliotek.org/nivelo/normal.po?sida=121 |website=Stadsbiblioteket Malmo |access-date=19 May 2006 |date=12 February 2004 |quote=The material is a result of Infotek Öresund, a collaborative project between the public libraries in Helsingborg, Elsinore, Copenhagen and Malmö|id= Compilation of material by [[Malmö Public Library]]. Substantial reference section|language=sv}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The most recent addition (2015) is the new development of [[Malmö Live]]. This new building features a hotel, a concert hall, congress hall and a sky bar in the centre of Malmö. [[Point Hyllie]] is a new {{cvt|110|m}} commercial tower that began construction in 2018.

[[File:TurningTorsoMalmö.jpg|thumb|The Turning Torso in winter skylight, January 2024]]