Comments on: The Norwegian Embassy in Nepal / Kristin Jarmund Architects

By: Norwegian Embassy In Nepal | dsgnwok™ | ideas aggregator

Norwegian Embassy In Nepal | dsgnwok™ | ideas aggregator — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:45:03 +0000

[...] glass, powerful roof profile. The architects for the embassy, Kristin Jarmund Architects, simply refined the palette: rip rap looking stone, mullionless glass, simplified roof profile (to eliminate waterproofing [...]

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:57:08 +0000

Well… for the american embassy in Nepal everything was imported. The workers, The material. So i think after all that Kristin Jarmund Architects has done a nice job here and deserves credits for high moral standards… in spite of the fence.

By: jay

jay — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:39:24 +0000

Whats scandinavian architecture? Italian line slash Zen garden slash Writes rocks slash fixed impression of half closed dores of E-1027 kind off?
Mixed with bamboo?

By: vansinnesvisor

vansinnesvisor — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:18:35 +0000

nice one, partly like wright’s but jk is right about fence ) i reckon if they intended to make it environmentally integred they had to make bamboo or rod (i’m not sure if i found right word) fence. nevertheless i’m fan of scandinavian architecture

By: Leo

Leo — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:06:05 +0000

There is currently a exhibition with this architect in Norway, filled with more juicy panegyric.

http://WWW.STUDARCH.COM

By: jk

jk — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:13:20 +0000

how can one “integrate the building with the surrounding city texture” when the building sits behind a high fence like seen in photo no.2? (or am i missing something here?)

ok, it’s an embassy and all, but this sentence seems funny to me…