Snøhetta's prefab Gapahuk cabin references a traditional Norwegian mountain shelter
Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled a prefabricated cabin with a twisted roof that offers protection in harsh weather conditions. More
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Jon Danielsen Aarhus creates pine-clad mountain cabin in Norway for himself
Architect Jon Danielsen Aarhus designed this pine-clad cabin in rural Norway for his own family, creating a large glazed living area with mountain and lake views. More
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Lund Hagem's blackened timber cabin designed to withstand Norway's harsh winters
Oslo studio Lund Hagem has completed a holiday cabin on a Norwegian ski resort, featuring a blackened timber and concrete elevations that hunker down to protect it from the winter weather. More
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Nordic's Villa Vatnan is a hilltop house with a view over a Norwegian city
Nordic Office of Architecture has completed a concrete and glass house on the outskirts of Trondheim, Norway, that offers its occupants impressive views. More
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Today we like: Norwegian houses
Today is Norwegian Constitution Day – an annual national holiday in the Scandinavian country that marks the anniversary of the signing of its constitution in 1814. To celebrate the occasion, we're revisiting some of the most beautiful Norwegian house designs from our archive, including a remote cottage on the island of Vega (pictured) and a timber-clad home on a slope overlooking Oslo. See more Norwegian houses »
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Rever & Drage's holiday cabin features wooden pods that frame views of a Norwegian fjord
This cabin perched on a hillside on Norway's west coast features modular rooms that extend outwards from the main structure to enhance views of the adjacent fjord (+ slideshow). More
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Link Arkitektur extends Norwegian farmhouse with contemporary gabled structure
Link Arkitektur has added a gabled extension to a 19th-century Norwegian farmhouse, featuring a wooden facade designed to age with the building (+ slideshow). More
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Concrete canopy shelters Lund Hagem's Norwegian holiday home from the sea breeze
This island holiday home designed by Norwegian studio Lund Hagem is sheltered beneath a wide concrete canopy, which bridges the surrounding rocks to frame views to the coast for occupants (+ slideshow). More
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Lund Hagem completes stilted summer house on Norwegian island
Slender stilts anchor this family summer house by Lund Hagem to the rocky edge of a Norwegian island, which is accessible only by boat (+ slideshow). More
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Stepped concrete roof creates seaside viewpoint atop Norwegian retreat by Lund Hagem
This small seaside holiday home by Norwegian studio Lund Hagem nestles against a cliff, and features a stepped concrete roof that doubles as a viewing platform (+ slideshow). More
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Schjelderup Trondahl Architects' Vardåsen House is topped with an angular timber box
This house for a retired couple in the Norwegian city of Grimstad features a brick base supporting a wedge-shaped timber roof that incorporates a balcony overlooking the nearby fjords (+ slideshow). More
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Timber-clad home by Schjelderup Trondahl sits on a hill overlooking Oslo
Vibrant green-yellow frames accentuate the windows and doors of this spruce-clad house built on a hillside with views over Oslo (+ slideshow). More
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Aslak Haanshuus transforms two Norwegian log cabins into a cross-shaped house
Norwegian architect Aslak Haanshuus has created a cross-shaped house by extending a pair of old lakeside cabins so that they overlap (+ slideshow). More
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Tiny wedge-shaped cabin by Todd Saunders has a terrace puncturing its middle
This wedge-shaped cabin, installed by architect Todd Saunders in the garden of a Norwegian home, appears to have had a chunk cut away from its middle to create a garden terrace (+ slideshow). More
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Todd Saunders' self-designed home is raised on stilts to cover outdoor areas
The blackened timber home of Bergen-based architect Todd Saunders is lifted above the ground on two podiums, sheltering a patch of garden and a swing set beneath the living room (+ slideshow). More
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Villa Wot is a brick cuboid punctured by different-sized windows
Dark brick cladding contrasts with the pale wood and plasterboard interior of this house in Oslo by local architecture office Narud Stokke Wiig (+ slideshow). More
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Norwegian mountain hut is entered through a curving wooden orifice
A narrow wooden tunnel provides the entrance to this forest refuge built by students beside a mountain in Bergen, Norway (+ slideshow). More
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Mountain lodge by Reiulf Ramstad Architects has a V-shaped footprint that follows the terrain
This pine-clad cabin by Reiulf Ramstad Architects has two glazed gables that frame views of the Norwegian landscape and a V-shaped plan that follows the slope of the mountainous terrain (+ slideshow). More
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Softly contoured interiors lend cave-like aesthetic to lakeside cabin
This basalt-clad cabin with a curvaceous wood-panelled interior has been perched by Atelier Oslo on a wooded slope high over a Norwegian lake (+ slideshow). More
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Reiulf Ramstad creates three glass-fronted cabins as Norwegian holiday home
Three small-scale timber and glass cabins on the Norwegian coast form a holiday home designed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter for three generations of the same family. More