White House : Information + Photographs

White House 2006 JVA - Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNAL White House - Building Information Address: Strand, Norway Year of design: 2003-05 Year of construction: 2005-06 Client: Baard Jessen Architect: Jarmund / Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL Creative team Einar Jarmund Håkon Vigsnæs Alessandra Kosberg Stian Schjelderup Roar Lund-Johnsen Contractor: Ingeniør Gunnar Johansson AS Structural engineer: Ing. Walter Jacobsen Gross area: 305 m² (gross) / 205 m² (net) Photography: Ivan Brodey Situated in a quite dense suburban setting, the house twists dynamically between sheltering for privacy and opening up for angles of vistas. The central space of the house stretches between the morning light between the pines towards east, and the western horizon of the Oslo fjord. The house is clad with painted wooden panels, outside and inside. Walls and ceilings on the first floor are finished in oak, while floor and walls of the ground floor are exposed concrete casted on site. White House images / text from Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNAL Aug 2008