A Retrospective of Norwegian Architecture
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.…
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.…
230 square meters wood in the middle of an apple tree garden. Detached over the grassland, overhung rooms above, wide open windows from the floor to ceiling. The house I would like to write about is Villa Trikkestien, a single family house in Holtet, Oslo.…
by Alberto Ballesteros Barea and Veronica Gallina Wenche Selmer (1920-1998) was a Norwegian female architect, who mainly focused her work on residential programs. All her projects are small-scale based, either individual houses or small summer residences and cabins. The aim of our analysis was to…
by Alberto Ballesteros Barea and Jingyi Zhang. [intro] 10:30. After nearly two months trying to arrange a date, we are finally about to meet him. We step into his office, a warm and intimate space dominated by a large wall shelf and a working desk,…
Interview with Einar Jarmund, 04/09/2015 Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects by Joana Graça & Alberto Sancho Norwegian Architecture 2015, Oslo School of Architecture and Design The norwegian dream parody video mentioned by the architect, “The cabin”, can be found here.
Arne Henriksen interview.
Towards the end of the street through one of the world’s most northernmost town of Longyearbyen is situated an intriguing figure of a building. Its sharp-edged body, skewed and folded in acute geometry. Its skin wrapped with a layer of insulated copper-clad as a brown…