Fjord Oslo festival illuminates the city with series of installations
Seven installations lit up Oslo's harbour promenade for the inaugural Fjord Oslo light festival, each showing the effect that light can have on our emotions. More
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Kvistad creates tonal workspaces inside Oslo office
Single-colour rooms, carpeted walls and circular doorways feature inside this Oslo office which Norwegian studio Kvistad has designed to feel like a "Scandinavian spaceship". More
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Public Works builds waste-to-energy Power Plant(s)! to showcase fossil fuel alternative
Public Works has built a water-heating system powered by compost that warms a bench at the Oslo Architecture Triennale to demonstrate the potential of the system. More
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"Our dependency on growth, like on concrete, must be abolished"
The pursuit of infinite economic growth is driving climate breakdown and producing ecologically toxic architecture, argues Phineas Harper, one of the chief curators of the Oslo Architecture Triennale. More
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Snøhetta designs bench for Nobel Peace Centre that brings people together
A bench designed by architecture firm Snøhetta for the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo is shaped like a partial circle to encourage people to sit closer together and start conversations. More
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Snøhetta unveils pentagonal walker's cabin overlooking Oslofjord
Fuglemyrhytta is a self-service cabin designed by Snøhetta for walkers trekking near Vettakollen, Norway, to take advantage of the views across the Oslofjord. More
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Snøhetta designs both online and physical spaces for Norwegian fashion label Holzweiler
Snøhetta has designed both physical and digital retail spaces for Oslo-based fashion label Holzweiler, featuring a muted colour palette and gridded elements. More
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Creuna Norway creates simplified visual identity for the city of Oslo
Creative agency Creuna Norway has worked with citizens of Oslo to create a new visual identity for the city inspired by its buildings and history. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects and A-Lab to design stations on Oslo's new metro line
Two stations inspired by glacial landscapes are being designed by architecture studios Zaha Hadid Architects and A-Lab for a new metro line in the Norwegian capital. More
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Transborder Studio's Holocaust study centre extension will be embedded into hill
Transborder Studio has unveiled plans to add a contemporary extension to a Holocaust research centre in western Oslo, Norway, composed of box-shaped volumes that will be built into a hill. More
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Timber-and-glass boxes contain pair of residences on a Norwegian hillside
Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects arranged the living areas of these two homes in a stack of concrete, timber and glass boxes that extend out from a steeply sloping site in an Oslo suburb. More
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Mork-Ulnes Architects completes timber-clad house with "pinwheel plan" in a Norwegian forest
This compact house overlooking a lake to the north of Oslo features four intersecting pitched-roof volumes, which radiate out towards the landscape to frame distinct views and shelter a pair of patios. More
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Weathering steel panels create rusty walls for family home in Oslo's old town
Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects has used a palette of Corten steel, concrete and plywood to create this low-maintenance family home in Oslo, Norway. More
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Haptic and Nordic to build "sustainable city of the future" at Oslo airport
Haptic and Nordic Office of Architecture have released plans for a city next to Oslo Airport that is to be completely powered by self-produced energy and served by driverless electric vehicles. More
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CF Møller and Reiulf Ramstad unveil plans for plant-covered tower in Oslo
CF Møller Architects and Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter have teamed up to design a tower at Oslo's central station, which will have a telescopic form to facilitate plant-covered terraces. More
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Haptic unveils plans for domed aquarium on former airport site in Oslo
London studio Haptic has been selected to design a new aquarium for Oslo, with a design that resembles two smoothly curved rocks stretching out to sea. More
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Winning design chosen for Norwegian government headquarters following 2011 terrorist attack
Nordic Office of Architecture and Haptic have won the competition to redesign the Norwegian government headquarters after it was damaged during a fatal terrorist attack six years ago. More
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New designs unveiled for Norwegian government headquarters following 2011 terrorist attack
The part of Oslo's government quarter damaged during the 2011 terrorist bombing will be replaced by one of two proposals – one by a team including Haptic and Nordic, and another by a team featuring A-Lab and LPO Architects. More
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Nordic doubles the size of Oslo Airport with curved extension
Nordic Office of Architecture has added a 300-metre-long extension with a curved roof to the airport in Oslo it designed in the 1990s. More
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Oslo psychiatric centre by Hille Melbye features planted courtyards and decorative brickwork
Patients of Hille Melbye's psychiatric centre in Oslo are welcomed by a decorative brick building, which is surrounded by landscaped courtyards designed to act as an extension of therapy. More
