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Glasblokkene Haukeland Hospital for Children Youth and Women Schönerr / KHR Architecture + Henning Larsen + PKA Arkitekter

Andreas Luco — Sun, 05 May 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Glasblokkene at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen is an ambitious vision for a comprehensive pediatric and women’s hospital, where all expertise related to children, youth, and women converges in a singular facility. The holistic patient view, encompassing both physical and mental challenges, following the patient in a life-course perspective until adulthood, innovates how to offer healthcare services to children. Comprising eight building blocks, Glasblokkene was completed in two phases; the second phase was unveiled in December 2023. It is one of the world's first fully digital and hence resource efficient hospital construction projects. Focus on energy efficiency and sustainability right from the beginning has resulted in numerous green solutions and the best energy label in the market.

Architecture and Color: Explore 15 Projects that Feature Exterior Red Staircases

Luciana Pejić — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 06:30:00 +0000

Stairs are often an inevitable part of a building's DNA. Nowadays, staircases not only serve the function of practicality but are also a showcase of their own kind, especially if paired with a color that is guaranteed to grab attention. Among warm colors, red is considered to be the most powerful one. On one hand, it evokes feelings of joy and energy, and on the other, feelings of alertness and danger. Red can stimulate a whole range of emotions. Therefore, its usage should be attentive, delicate, and thought out.

Design and Sustainability Are Indissociable: The Main Themes Explored in the EU Mies Award 2022

Christele Harrouk — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 07:30:00 +0000

Stating that “design and sustainability are indissociable”, the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, centered its nominations on social inclusion, sustainability and circularity, and aesthetic research. So far, 40 shortlisted projects are moving to the next level. The biennial contest that gives tribute to works completed within the previous two years in general, will announce the 5 finalist works in February 2022, and the winner in April 2022.

Vindmøllebakken Housing / Helen & Hard

Paula Pintos — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Vindmøllebakken is a collaboration between Helen&Hard architects and Kruse Smith real estate: The whole development comprises 40 co-living units, 4 townhouses, and 10 apartments. The project is planned using a low-rise typology with 3-5 stories and is built of prefabricated timber elements. This refers to the traditional timber housing typology of the neighbourhood. Vindmøllebakken has become a modern housing typology that fulfills human, social, and environmental needs in a sustainable way.

Flekkefjord Cultural Center / Helen & Hard

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

The project is situated on the waterfront of Flekkefjord, a town on Norway’s south coast. it incorporates a theater hall, cinema, library, black box, youth club, and a cultural school. The task was to combine various cultural functions as compact and efficient as possible and to create spaces that facilitate synergies, multi-use and attractive meeting places. It should be inviting and inspiring and build further on Flekkefjord's identity.

Steinsdalsfossen Waterfall / JVA

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:00:00 +0000

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has been commissioned by the Norwegian Parliament and Government to develop the National Tourist Routes, consisting of 18 selected stretches of a road passing through Norway's beautiful and varied landscape. The objective is to turn Norway into a more attractive destination for tourists, by enhancing the experience of the magnificent natural scenery with bold architecture.

House For Books and Blues / Børve Borchsenius Arkitekter + Askim/Lantto Arkitekter

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 02:00:00 +0000

The project is a result of winning an open, international plan and design competition in 2010. The House for Books and Blues, or Bok & Blueshuset is a three-story house containing library, cinema, live stage, café, museum for blues, sound studio and music tuition.

Gol Skule / Vis-á-Vis Architects

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 03:00:00 +0000

The school is planned for children aged 6 to 16 years. The outdoor areas are designed so that all pupils have their own zones near their entrance. The building is placed centrally on the plot and divides the outdoor area into two; one area for the oldest in the east and one for the youngest in the west.

Spikkestad Church and Cultural Centre / Einar Dahle Arkitekter + Hille Melbye Arkitekter

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Compact, yet generous, with an ample capacity for simultaneous use.
Einar Dahle Arkitekter and Hille Melbye Arkitekter received 1st prize in the 2014 design competition for a new church and cultural center in Spikkestad, Norway. In May 2018, “Teglen” (meaning “the brick” in Norwegian) was completed and inaugurated. The building is shared in both ownership and use by state church and municipality, and embodies a consecrated church room, a neutral ceremonial room, a café, activity-rooms, administrative offices, and municipal services.

Utsikten Viewpoint / CODE: arkitektur

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 04:00:00 +0000

The site is known as Utsikten (“The View”) and is a natural place to stop when driving over the Gaular mountain along the western coast of Norway. For those who have made the trek over the mountain itself, the site affords a sudden and surprising vista overlooking a majestic landscape. Conversely, for those driving up from below, Utsikten constitutes the ever visible apex of the ascent rising up through a series of hairpin bends.

DNB House / Dark Arkitekter

Karen Valenzuela — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 10:00:00 +0000

Barcode is part of the mixed-use development of Bjørvika, a former harbor area and highway intersection that expands Oslo city center. Dark teamed with MVRDV and A-Lab and won the international design competition for the development.

Mesterfjellet 1-10 School And Family Centre / CEBRA + Various Architects + SPINN Arkitekter

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 03:00:06 +0000

New Mesterfjellet School and Family Centre combines contemporary pedagogical theory with varied teaching environments, passivhaus level energy efficiency and excellent indoor climate in a 5-story school for 572 students on an urban site in Larvik. The school is a collaboration between the Danish architecture office CEBRA and Norwegian collaborators Various Architects, SPINN Arkitekter and landscape architects Østengen & Bergo. Mesterfjellet School creates a framework for a lively and a multifaceted educational universe with great spatial variation that supports the schools varying functions. An arena for learning and teaching, a workplace, and a social meeting place.

Communication Linge Ferry Terminal / Knut Hjeltnes

Karen Valenzuela — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Stavanger Concert Hall / Ratio Arkitekter AS

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:59:00 +0000

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.

Spikerverket Housing / April Arkitekter

Javier Gaete — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The site is located in Nydalen in the northern part of Oslo, a former industrial area which over the last years have been transformed into housing, offices and educational areas with the river Akerselva – a main recreational area in Oslo- flowing through the neighborhood. The project is part of a transformation plan for Spikerverket (a former nail factory) by MAD arkitekter - developed by Avantor. The master plan prepares for offices rising towards the urban side in the east, and housing towards the green low-rise areas in the west. The office buildings are designed by MAD arkitekter http://www.archdaily.com/354733/spikerverket-mad-arkitekter/, whereas April Arkitekter have designed the housing; the first step (buildings F + G) containing 40 apartments, all with access from a new square towards Nydal Street. Buildings F+G is the first two out of a total of five apartment buildings at Spikerverket.

Spikerverket / MAD arkitekter

Diego Hernández — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Situation

MAD building / MAD arkitekter

Diego Hernández — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Nothing spurs creativity as tight restrictions. And you don’t get them much tighter than an 11 meter wide footprint for a 15 story housing block. Add two towering, 16 story-buildings as next-door neighbors, and it is obvious that something extraordinary had to be invented in order to make this work.