A Retrospective of Norwegian Architecture
How the new construction technic evolved the Norwegian church from the traditional style to a modern form after the second world war. The Little Local Church History in Kristiansund In Kristiansund, there had been three churches before Odd Østbye’s modern church came. All those churches…
Taking a closer look at aspects of Are Vesterlid’s home reveals how the often silent architect spoke through his drawings and built work. Would you live in a house of your own making? This question, often posed to architects, was clearly answered by…
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…
Perhaps we can simply say that a certain receptiveness to international planning ideas is a distinguishing feature of Nordic urban development (…) [for example] England’s New Towns were held up as ideals and adapted to the nature of suburbs like Lambertseter 1 Describing the Norwegian…
Bjart Mohr is a Norwegian architect born in Oslo on November 25, 1925. He studied in Oslo’s State Architectural Course in 1951. Although he maintained a solo practice office during his career, his production is large and prolific. Mohr is an interesting Norwegian architect quite…
It happened in the 1930s when the Functionalism, as part of the Modernism, finally got popular after a long period of Classicism in Europe. This style of architecture stresses the value of function over form and also emphasizes the belief in progress, science and modernity.…
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…
The Oslo University Observatory, built in 1833 by Christian Heinrich Grouch, is a remarkable building, sign of the historical and scientific importance of the city of Oslo.
I am standing in front of a wooden facade that is one story high and has no openings. There is only one door and a roof that protects from any kind of weather, like today’s rain. Villa Schreiner seems to be completely closed from the outside.…