(El Coleccionista de Instantes– flickr/creative commons license) Jan Inge Hovig designed the Tromsdalen or Tromsøysund kirke in Troms county, Norway, also known as Arctic Cathedral. It was completed in 1965 and a Modernist stained glass window added in 1972. A …
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(Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo– flickr/creative commons license) Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL designed the Oslo School of Architecture in Oslo, Norway. The 2001 redesign vastly improves the original building, which was constructed in 1938 and hastily established as a school …
Sverre Fehn designed the Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjaerland, Sogn og Fjordane Norway. Located at the scenic Jostedalsbreen National Park, it was completed in 1991 and added on in 2002 with the Ulltveit-Moe Climate Centre. Fehn received a Pritzker prize …
Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson designed the Oslo Radhus, completed in 1950. The blocky brick building has a traditional layout of a grand hall between two towers. Large murals decorate the Banquet Hall and Central Hall. Clerestory windows stream in …
(atluxity– flickr/creative commons license) C. F. Møller Architects designed the Akershus University “Ahus” Hospital near Oslo Norway, completed in 2008. Each section of the €1 billion project takes its own form, with a glass thoroughfare “street” running through the center. …
Snøhetta designed the Oslo Opera House in Bjørvika, the heart of Oslo. It was completed in 2008. As an international port city, the performance evolves as soon as the city touches the water. Oak panels flow waving inside …
The Nobel Peace Center in Norway is a restoration project for a space that presents all the Nobel Peace Prize laureates with art and history exhibits. Adjaye Associates redesigned Oslo’s oldest railway station, built in 1872. Platforms became galleries and …
(Knut Arne Gjertsen– wikipedia/creative commons license) ALA Architects won the competition for the Kilden Performing Arts Center for Sørlandet in Kristiansand, Norway. The site is a hinge for the downtown and a recreational area. This building seeks to connect th …