THE COMPANY

We produce versatile architecture from practical, beautiful and sustainable components. The company was established in Stockholm in 1999 when many architectural offices and construction companies asked us to produce models and images of their projects. Often in the early stages, but also as a participant in the production of construction drawings.

Since 2015 as a participating and supervising architect, and since 2020 also as an on-site construction manager. Since 2026 we are participating in the reconstruction of our civil defense as both an architect and certified shelter expert.

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ARCHITECTURE

For millennia, people have understood that architecture should be practical, beautiful, and sustainable, because if any of these qualities are prioritized or omitted, it becomes one-sided. For example, beautiful but unsustainable. What is practical, beautiful, and sustainable varies, but when they interact, architecture becomes versatile.

Classic architecture is versatile enough for traditions in different cultures and times. Also modern architecture can become versatile, but when form follows function, so does the form’s beauty. It is adapted for functions such as comfort, flexibility, or advertising whose forms do not need to be beautiful to be functional. Beautiful forms, on the other hand, do not need to be functional to be beautiful. Their integrity enriches the practical and sustainable functions of architecture with what is timeless, unique, inspiring. 

Sustainability arises in certain materials, structures, and processes, often interdependent on each other. What is technically and economically sustainable should also be ecologically and socially sustainable. Because without a balance between building and environmental impact, usability is reduced, and without a varied supply, instability arises in demand and social life. The most sustainable and viable architecture is well-balanced and diverse.

BACKGROUND

In 1990 I worked as a draughtsman at an architect’s office in Stockholm. With an interest in both architecture and new technology, I started drawing with computers, and learned to produce graphics better than most others at this time. It became a carrer. 

In 1992 I worked for Daniel Libeskind in Berlin. In 1993 for Rem Koolhaas / OMA in Rotterdam in the competition for two libraries at Jussieu in Paris. We won the competition and my pictures were published in The New York Times (Feb. 14, 1993). The following year I was employed by Wingårdhs in Gothenburg and in Stockholm where I worked on competitions for the Arlanda air traffic control tower and the Swedish embassy in Berlin, which we won. But the better things went, the more I started to long to leave, and in 1999 I started Kopare Bild AB.

Since 2000 I have worked for various architects, property developers, and builders with both pictures and construction. Alongside my work I studied at KTH and completed my architectural degree in 2015. Since then I have worked for Vera Arkitekter and Symbios Förvaltning, among others, with a focus on design and construction. From previously working with modern and large projects, I switched to more traditional and smaller projects that encompass the entire construction process. In 2020-2025 I built my own house/land project at Bråviken together with local contractors.

Since 2026 I have been helping with the reconstruction of our civil defense. Before I started architecture, I worked as a firefighter, and as an architect I have planned fire zones, logistics etc. I’m also a shelter expert certified by The Authority of Civil Defense.

CV Jerry Kopare

1966 Born in Jönköping

1986-87 Firefighter at Arlanda airport

1988-91 Intern at construction sites, draughtsman at an architect’s office, studies in art, Stockholm

1992 Studio Daniel Libeskind Berlin

1992-93 OMA Rem Koolhaas Rotterdam

1994-99 Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Göteborg Stockholm

1999-2026 Kopare Bild AB Stockholm, visualization and construction

2015 Masters degree in Architecture at KTH Stockholm

2020-2025 House by the sea, architect and construction lead

2026 Certified expert on public shelters, SRG 2033