A Retrospective of Norwegian Architecture
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The house built on Bygdøy, Oslo, is a reverence to Terje Moe’s ideology of habitation. The ‘Kube hus’, as the house is called, was built in 1977. Moe constructed the building himself in one-year. Regarding this, he states: “Much of the work had to be…
by Phoebe Wai Fung Chu and Eakapob Huangthanapan Oslo’s City Hall (Rådhuset) is considered one of the best Norwegian structures of the century. It houses the City Council, administrative offices, the National Celebration Hall (where the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place) and art galleries.…
Module of the windows / Atrium / Façade and canopy. In the early afternoon, a cloudy day of November, we visited the American Embassy in Oslo. Not so far from the port, the building is impressive by its architecture and its size as well. But that’s…
In the 70s Sverre Fehn planned a school for deaf children’s in the area of Skådalen at Holmenkollåsen in Oslo. The complex is only 20 minutes from the City centre by subway yet it feels completely immersed in nature. The program is split up in…
While walking along Tuengen Allé in Oslo you have the impression that you are in an ordinary Norwegian suburban residential area with nice wooden houses surrounded by gardens. You have that impression until you see a monumental white concrete and glass rectangle shape standing out…
Chateau Neuf (Norwegian Student’s Union House in Oslo) is a building in Majorstuen, Oslo, designed by architects Kjell Lund and Nils Slaatto (Lund + Slaatto Arkitekter). The project was commissioned by the The Norwegian Student Society, which had been actively collecting money for a new…
Skådalen Skole is located on the Holmenkollenåsen on the outskirts of Oslo. After getting off the metro in Skådalen you are more or less surrounded by nature. Following a path from the station southeast bound you reach the entrance of the school in just a…
1. Fehn in Fehn in 1: 1 Ode to Osaka, the exhibition currently in view at the National Museum in Oslo, works with different kinds of media (drafts, pictures and models)to help people understand the Osaka World Expo in 1970 and its connection to the…