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Hegnhuset Memorial and Learning Center / Blakstad Haffner Arkitekter

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Hegnhuset is a learning, communication and memorial house for the brutal incident that happened on July 22 on Utøya. The building contains a story of both survival and death: We have preserved the parts of the building that were directly affected, while at the same time retaining the restrooms that served as safe hiding places.

Adjaye, OMA and ZHA Among 13 Shortlisted for 2017 "Design of the Year"

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:25:00 +0000

The Design Museum in London has announced the shortlist projects in the running for the 2017 edition of their prestigious Beazley Design of the Year award. Now in its tenth year, the award was established to “celebrate design that promotes or delivers change, enables access, extends design practice or captures the spirit of the year.”

Villa Vatnan / Nordic Office of Architecture

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 02:00:00 +0000

Nordic — Office of Architecture was approached by the Vatnan family to deliver their dream home. They had a simple architectural vision, but a demanding site on which it was to be realised.

Knowledge Center at St Olavs Hospital / Ratio Arkitekter AS and Nordic Office of Architecture

Jonathan Alarcón — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Knowledge Centre, opened in September 2013, completes the overall scheme for the hospital grounds that has been on-going since the design competition in 1995, and is centrally located in the heart of the 225.000 m2 hospital-development in Trondheim, Norway.

Skatt Øst / NSW AS

Javier Gaete — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Overlooking the fjord the Oslo´s tax authority´s center is located in between Schweigaards street and the railway tracks. The scheme comprises three connected buildings linked by bridges creating a quarter with visual openness. Shops, a center for the public and a auditorium are grouped at ground level, with parking below. The 7 storeys above the ground level, house the tax administration offices.

Rommen School and Cultural Center / Østengen & Bergo AS

Christopher Henry — Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The former school building was too small, and had to be replaced. The new building includes a large multipurpose sports hall, its own performance hall and an open library. Offices for the community culture school and part of the local council is also located here. The school houses 770 pupils from 1st to 10th grade. The facilities both indoor and outdoor will serve the whole community. The school is located to an almost flat site, slightly rising to the north, in a valley surrounded by hills. East of the site there are ravines with grassy slopes and valuable vegetation belts. Two power lines are crossing the area. With the largest line to the west, the project and the landscape design therefore pays more attention to the east. The vegetation belts in the east are reinforced and continue into the campus. Closer to the building, they get more cultured, and “finger-merged” with the building wings.