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Horten Upper Secondary School / LINK arkitektur

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Norway’s highest environmentally classified education building
Horten upper secondary school won the international sustainable BREEAM Awards 2019 for the best public sector building at the design stage. The project is referred to as an example of a future-oriented learning environment and is Norway’s highest environmentally classified education building. The building is innovative and avant-garde in terms of environmental solutions and will generate more energy than it consumes. The sustainable ambitions comprised high architectural quality, handling of logistics, environmentally friendly solutions and encouraging next-generation pedagogy.

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.

Hills / Unit Arkitektur AB

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 06:00:00 +0000

Hills Golf & Sports Club is located in the stunning recreation area Sandsjöbacka in Mölndal, a commuter municipality south of Gothenburg. The golf course was inaugurated in 2005 and named after its designer Arthur Hills. Like many golf courses around the world, Hills Golf and Spots Club decided to broaden its business model by building and selling housing next to the golf course and attaching club memberships to these dwellings. The residential development was initiated in 2016 and named Hills. The first building phase contains 56 single-family houses designed by Sweco Architects and five apartment buildings designed by Unit.

BUKKEKJERKA / MORFEUS arkitekter

Daniel Tapia — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 02:00:00 +0000

The site is located along the Norwegian Scenic Route Andøya in Northern Norway. Characteristic for the site is the rock formation of “Bukkekjerka” between the road and the sea; a protected Sami cultural monument where nature has carved out an altar and a pulpit. Over the last 50-60 years, this has been the venue of an annual open-air church service that attracts people from all over the district. In pre-Christian time this was a sacred site, where Sami people made offerings, to which the sacrificial cave on the seaside bears witness.

Moholt Timber Towers / MDH Arkitekter

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 03:00:00 +0000

The student towers are a part of a larger masterplan densifying an existing student village in Trondheim, Norway. The project uses the site of a former parking lot to create a new heart for the student village with housing units, kindergarten, grocery store and sports activities. All buildings are planned in cross laminated timber (CLT).

Solberg Tower & Rest Area / Saunders Architecture

Kelly Minner — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Sarpsborg is a green, flat and calm piece of South Norway and a traditional stopover for travellers on the route to and from Sweden. In 2004, the Norwegian Highway Department together with the Regional Government approached Saunders for a new project in the area; uniquely however, without having predetermined the commission’s particular needs.

Aurland Look out / Saunders arkitektur + Wilhelmsen arkitektur

Nico Saieh — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Some Facts about the Project and Process...

Norwegian Ministry of Defense / JVA

Nico Saieh — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The task is to establish the new Ministry in a series of old and protected buildings at Akershus Fortress in central Oslo. New solid blocks fills in the historical pattern, while a more fluent and transparent building links up new and old building blocks in close relation to the historical traces in the landscape.