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Rahel Belatchew Lerdell, Stockholm-based architect, was awarded the 2006 Architect of the Year award by Residence Magazine.  The jury's motivation describes her work and abilities in a perfect way:  Another way to create a trademark is to deliberately try to drown your own attributes and creative tics, and start every building project from a blank sheet of paper. In which case a personal undertone is most often maintained, and for Rahel Belatchew Lerdell it is a certain continental elegance that shines through her buildings. They could as easily be situated in Paris as in Stockholm. Rahel's background of study and work has a foundation across the globe, from France where she received her degree in architecture, to Luxembourg, to Tokyo.  She spent ten years abroad before opening her own studio, RB Arkitektur, in Sweden in 2000.  Heading up a small team, they are quite busy right now working on a range of projects: several single family houses, new constructions, refurbishments and extensions, a low-cost housing project for students and office interiors.  It will be a pleasure to follow Rahel's work over a horizon of more than one year.  (pictured below a rendering of Villa UH1, single family residence awaiting building permit, and Villa D (© RB Arkitektur), a recently completed single family house outside Stockholm.)