What do you do when your city doesn’t have an ancient past proudly displayed through its architectural lineage? You construct one to give it some historical gravitas. Here, the former Wasa-Aktie-Banken’s building (1899) combines Tudor elements with a Venetian flair that evokes the Doge’s palace. It was designed by the office of architects Grahn, Hedman and Wasastjerna and made of Swedish red limestone.