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 in 1997 as a professor of architecture.
The angular concrete bunker recalls the stone mountains carved by glaciers. The long entrance canopy suggests a long duration of time for these natural landscapes to be formed. It extends in a strait line and abruptly shifts upward as it meets the building, as if it were a glacier sliding down a mountain. Two stairways on either side of the entrance lead to a roof-top view. Small portholes and strips of glazing peek through the heavy concrete, but on the right side angled glass planes rise lightly into the air like gaping cavities in the hillside. This provides magnificent views for the snack seating. Mitered glass defract the light like crystals.
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(Bosc d’Anjou– flickr/creative commons license)
(Bosc d’Anjou– flickr/creative commons license)
(Bosc d’Anjou– flickr/creative commons license)
(Bosc d’Anjou– flickr/creative commons license)
(Bosc d’Anjou– flickr/creative commons license)
