A Retrospective of Norwegian Architecture
Where architecture and artefact are interdependent to form a whole, the Viking Ship Museum is an architectural manifestation of the Norwegian desire to identify as an autonomous nation. Designed in such a specific manner with the relics, the institution has become a cathedral of culture.…
Three responses to the regulations: shrinking, reusing, overlaying. As a result of its dispersed population and relatively poor economic standing, Norwegian architecture was not dictated by the stylistic changes that governed the architecture of continental Europe. Architectural innovation in Norway was typically seen through…
The corner of Hausmannsgate and Møllergata invites curiosity. Today, it stands with fading graffiti-clad walls, boarded up windows, and a Urbanium site office comfortably nestled around the corner – the neighbourhood is heavy with suggestion of urban transformation. Architecture is a mirror of dominant societal…
Jensen & Skodvin Architects (1998 – 2002) You can find this wonderful church a short walk away from the little village of Mortensrud, in the outskirts of Oslo. If you didn’t know it is there, it is possible you would walk by without taking…
One of Norway’s most important historical ruins is the Cathedral of Hamar from the middle-ages, specifically from 1200. Today, what is left of the church is incased in a steel and glass framework that was designed by Kjell Lund and completed in 1998. Like with…