Just a few days ago, we reported on drdharchitects’s winning proposal in the international competition to design a new library and concert hall in Bodø, Norway. Here is another exciting proposal for Bodø‘s new cultural center that made it into the shortlist, by London-based

London-based drdharchitects has won first place in the international competition to design a new library and concert hall in Bodø, Norway. The Bodø Kulturhus and Library will consist of two public buildings; a new city library (5,500m²) and a three-auditorium concert hall (7,350m²), creating a new cultural center…

Oslo-based a-lab have been commissioned to design the new Oslo office for the Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro. a-lab’s proposal was chosen from 40 different competition entries. The office building will be modern, flexible and environmentally friendly, and it will be ready for occupation in autumn 2012. …

Copenhagen-based architecture firm MAPT has won the 1st prize with Alliance Arkitekter with their design “Bølgen” for a cafe in the Aker Brygge harbor in Oslo, Norway. This is how the architects describe their concept: With Bølgen we tried to achieve very…

Futuristic Alpine cabins in a Danish suburb. Graphics from floor to ceiling in Hong Kong. An unusual sheet metal stool. And a Norwegian ray of sunshine that plays with your psyche under the table. On February 3, the winners of the Forum AID Awards 2009 were revealed. The Nordic region’s…

At a meeting on September 3, the Oslo City Parliament passed the resolution that the Deichman Main Library, the Munch Museum and the Stenersen Museum are to be placed in the area of Bjørvika in the nearby of other cultural institutions. Yesterday, the RFQ-commitee for the international design competition that…

In February 2008, the Larvik Commune, Norway, has launched an open, single stage, international competition of urban planning to develop the Inner Harbor zone. The competition has been made possible with the support of the NAL (National Association of Norwegian Architects). Submissions were due on May 26, 2008. 22 proposals…

In competition with some of the world’s greatest architects, Snøhetta has won the competition about designing Saudi Arabia’s new Cultural Center. Saudi Aramco - the world’s largest oil company - is the client. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz set the cornerstone for the Cultural Center which will house…

The excitement about the new Opera House has just started to wear off before Oslo is planning a new project. On June 13, the winner of the competition for designing the new central station was announced. There were four strong competitors, but finally it was the Norwegian architect firm,

schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the competition to design a masterplan for a mixed-use development on the shores of Straume, near Bergen, Norway. Straume Sjøfront is a dense, contemporary urban development spread across three new islands and comprising residential, business, and…