A Retrospective of Norwegian Architecture
The only very recent advancements in aviation and long-range artillery, massively changed the nature of the architecture within the military space and the war zone. What was once the simple geometric organisation of the landscape with its ditches, embankments, towers and zigzag trenches, no longer…
The Ålhytta project was the result of a competition won in 1966 by Lund & Slaatto, organized by the Ålhytta company, based in the city of Ål (in the county of Buskerud). It consisted of proposing a prefabricated cabin that could be developed all around the country, and adapted…
Despite Erling Viksjø’s importance as a Norwegian architect, his 1964 Nordseter Fjellkirke remains almost unknown. This post aims to be a brief over-view of the building as there are currently very few resources available for the curious. The church is a church. Nothing more, nothing…
Wenche Selmer was a Norwegian architect born in the 1920’s. Her teacher and inspiration was architect Knut Knutsen which may say a lot about her way of building houses. Many of her projects are located in the South West coast of Norway. Two characteristic features of her architecture…
From the site to the detail, from the grid to the diagonal, Norges Bank is considered by many to be Lund & Slaatto’s masterpiece. A building made for its own plot, the perfect building –all by the rule, everything fits perfectly. The building sits in the inner city center…
“So what was your take on the theme of ‘belonging’, I mean, coming from Cyprus, having studied in Sheffield, worked in London and now studying here, you must have an interesting understanding of the theme?” I smiled, staring blankly on the other side of the…
Sacred. Solemn. Deep. Introvert. Cave. Nordic. Black. Insinuation. Eclectic. Severe. Sober. Overwhelming. Wild. Pure. Life. Light. Fulfilment. Words, labels, that come to my head when I think of my experience at Emanuel Vigeland’s Mausoleum. It is very difficult to describe one’s impressions of a space when these…
On the 22nd of July of 2011 two sequential terrorist attacks left 77 people dead and an inedible scar in Norway’s history. The Government Quarter was one of the two places where the event took place -nine people were killed by an explosion. Later, the…
Renovated 19 times, Holmenkollbakken is the oldest ski jump infrastructure in the world -one of the most visited landmarks in the city of Oslo.