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Category: Architecture, Office, Selected Tags: Europen architecture, Modular design, MVRDV, Norway, Stone
Designed by Dutch architects MVRDV in collaboration with Norwegian firms DARK Arkitekter AS. The construction for DnB NOR Headquarters has been started in this year September and scheduled to be completed in 2012. The pixelated design adapts to the urban context and combines an efficient and flexible internal organisation, based on small-scale working entities, with [...]
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Category: Landscape, Selected Tags: Concrete, COR-TEN, Landscape architecture, Norway, Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Steel, View point
Norway-based firm Reiulf Ramstad Architects has designed a Trollstigen National Tourist Route Project located in Romsdalen – Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Trollstigen is one of the most popular tourist-attractions in Norway which is surrounded by the majestic mountains. The architecture is to be characterised by clear and precise transitions between planned zones and the natural landscape. [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Landscape architecture, Norway, Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Timber
Inside out cabin by Norway-based firm Reiulf Ramstad Architects is located on top of the hill in Hvaler – Norway, overlooking the ocean and the horizon. The house was designed to harmonize with its surrounding, by the choice of the raw material and big glasses, it blurs the edge between inside and outside. + Project [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Europen architecture, Exhibition, Landscape architecture, Library, Museum, Norway, Steven Holl, Timber
Steven Holl Architects has designed the Knut Hamsun Center located in Hamarøy, Norway. This is an historical museum for writer Knut Hamsun including exhibition areas, library, reading room, cafe and 230 seat auditorium. The concept for the museum, “Building as a Body: Battleground of Invisible Forces,” is realized from inside and out. Here the wood [...]
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Category: Architecture, Civic, Selected Tags: Embassy, Kristin Jarmund Architects, Nepal, Norway, Stone, Zig-Zag
Norway-based Kristin Jarmund Architects has designed The Royal Norwegian Embassy located in Kathmandu, Nepal. The aim of the projects was to create a representative yet modest building which presents Norway in a modern and quality conscious way…This form gives the house a” face” while at the same time allowing the rooms on the first floor [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use, Office, Selected Tags: Color architecture, Europen architecture, Glass, NBBJ, Norway, Peter Pran, Skin, USA architecture
Peter Pran & Jonathan Ward of NBBJ recently has completed the Akerselva Atrium mixed-used building located along the Akerselva/Aker River in Oslo, Norway. The project composed of two distinct architectural forms split by the central lift core with a dramatic striking color glass atrium, where the entrance of the project is defined. One part of [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel, Mixed Use, Office, Selected Tags: C. F. Møller Architects, Europen architecture, Iconic architecture, Kristin Jarmund Architects, Norway, Skyscrapers, Waterfront architecture
C. F. Møller Architects and Norwegian firm Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter cooperate to design a new landmark for Oslo. A high-rise development, located at Norways most important traffic hub in central Oslo, and with fantastic views of the waterfront and fjord-landscape beyond. The project is expected to be completed within 3-5 years. + Project description courtesy [...]
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