Efjord Retreat on Halvarøy Island
Architect Snorre Stinessen’s client desired a retreat that focused on the panoramic views of the site, but also transported them to a feeling of isolation and total privacy, away from hectic work days in the city.
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Architect Snorre Stinessen’s client desired a retreat that focused on the panoramic views of the site, but also transported them to a feeling of isolation and total privacy, away from hectic work days in the city.
Designed by Snorre Stinessen, Malangen Retreat is located on Malangen peninsula an hour´s drive south of Tromsø in Northern Norway.
Hadar’s House in Stokkøya, Norway, by Asante Architecture & Design for a chef on the island: his dream was a small house where he could overlook the sea from all of his rooms.
OAT events will test ideas, issues and formats in anticipation to next year’s Triennale theme, the Architecture of Degrowth. The program starts with a perfomative audiowalk ‘Living Futures’ under Arendalsuka.
Lego for grown-ups – Mjøstårnet Norway uses a completely new and untested assembly technique. At over 80 metres tall, it is 30 metres higher than the world’s tallest timber building.
Designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, the Two-in-One House is a calm piece of architecture resting on the steep and dynamic landscape of Ekeberglia. Its slender and rectangular form is manifested at the top of the sloping landscape.
The new NTNU building, designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, consists of workshops and labs on the ground floor, classrooms and auditorium on the first through third floors, and administration on the top story.
URBAN POWER recently won the new competition of Huntonstranda in Norway. The development includes a future culture house and climate adaptation provided by a resilient park stretch along the shore of Lake Mjøsa.
Further expansion planned for Oslo Airport, recently extended by Nordic Office of Architecture, with lighting design by Speirs + Major. The 140,000sqm update of original 1960s terminal focused on customer experience as the top priority, closely followed by sustainability.
Snøhetta designed the new Planetarium and Visitor Center for Solobservatoriet in Harestua, situated near the original solar observatory, a twelve-meter research tower built by the University of Oslo for the total solar eclipse of 1954.
Remotely located on the tip of Askøy, an island north of Bergen, the Birdwatching Tower has been sensitively designed by Norwegian architecture firm, LJB.
Designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, the Slipway Housing Complex project consists of five residential buildings. The first phase of the development contains 46 apartments divided into 16 different types and sizes.
Norwegian practices Haptic Architects and Nordic – Office of Architecture have unveiled their winning designs for the masterplan of Oslo Airport City (OAC), a new model for a sustainable smart city located adjacent to Oslo Airport.
Designed by HR Prosjekt the centrally located top ski resort and home to the highest ski lift in Scandinavia, Hemsedal Suites has now opened its doors to guests, offering the very best for skiers and snowboarders.
New Oslo Airport expansion wins ‘best sustainable building’ in international architecture competition. The 115,000 sqm ‘World’s greenest terminal’ design by Nordic-Office of Architecture uses snow as a coolant. World’s first BREEAM ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating for an airport building.
Situated an hour north of Oslo, on a majestic hillside facing the Norwegian woods and Mjøsa Lake, lies the Gjøvik house. Imaginatively created by Norm Architects, the house comprises of six overlapping cubes clad with Kebony, a beautiful wood recommended by leading architects
Designed by Snøhetta the circular body of “Svart” extends from the shoreline by the foot of the Almlifjellet mountain and into the clear waters of the Holandsfjorden fjord. The circular shape provides a panoramic view of the fjord and an experience of living in proximity with nature.
Situated in the Innovation Park at Ullandhaug, Stavanger, the Archive House has been imaginatively designed by Lund+Slaatto Architects to provide a 14,000 sqm cultural research centre which includes a café, library, meeting facilities and exhibition space.