Architecture & Design

The Arctic town of Kirkenes is the hub of regional relations between Norway and Russia. Reiulf Ramstad Architects has made a proposal for the world’s tallest wooden building to be located in Kirkenes. Read more

The artist Do Ho Suh (South Korea/USA) has won the international competition for the public, outdoor art project for the Government Building Complex with his proposal Grass Roots Square. Read more

Six architecture firms are finalists for a new, collective building complex to house the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design on the site of the old Railway Station West, Vestbanen, in Oslo. Read more

Hun ligger (She Lies) by Monica Bonvicini The sculpture that is now under construction and will be placed in the harbour basin in front of the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet in May is an autonomous work that offers a three-dimensional interpretation of Caspar David Friedrich’s painting, Das Eismeer, from 1823–24. Read more

This year's battle for the Honours Award for Design Excellence provides a good snapshot of the Norwegian business anno 2010: - Energy, offshore, agriculture and education. Read more

The construction of the wind turbine will take place in Øygarden in Hordaland County, where the new technology will be tested on land over the next two years. The wind turbine will be the world's largest of its kind, with a rotor diameter of 145 metres generating 10 MW (more power than three diesel locomotives). Read more

On the 22nd of February, JDS Architects hands over the newly constructed Holmenkollen Ski Jump to the Oslo municipality in preparation for the International Ski Federation World Cup Nordic championship (Trial-WC)to be held from the 13th to the 14th of March 2010. Read more

The history of sports and industrial design are heavily intertwined, and there are several examples of groundbreaking design pushing the boundaries and setting the stage for world records in sports. Read more

“Juvet is a hotel in which the landscape is not a view but the theme of place.” Said renowned architect and jury member Rafael Viñoly. Juvet Landscape Hotel designed by Norwegian firm Jensen & Skodvin Architects took home the Travel + Leisure 2010 Design Award for Best Small Hotel. Read more

MoMA in New York offers a lecture by esteemed Norwegian civil engineer Tor Ole Olsen on the physical, social and political role that infrastructure plays in marine environments, January 21st at 6pm. Read more

Experience the DETOUR exhibition with a guided tour at Parsons in NYC and attend the symposium at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on January 19th. Read more

The exhibition LOST IN NATURE, on display through Nov 30th, highlights selected work of the energetic, accomplished Oslo-based practice of Jarmund/Vigsnaes (partners Einar Jarmund, Hakon Vigsnaes, Alessandra Kosberg). Read more

The fashion designers of Moods of Norway, Peder Børresen and Simen Staalnacke, will give an inspiring lecture at the Museum at FIT in New York on October 8th to discuss their ultra-traditional and hyper-Norwegian fashion line, and how their successful marketing strategy allowed them to sell golden tractors around the world. Read more

On September 16, the Royal Norwegian Embassy will be co-hosting a panel discussion on Norwegian architecture with the Catholic University of America, in Washington D.C.   Read more

On September 17, the Norwegian Embassy gives you a unique chance to learn more about Norwegian architecture and experience Norwegian cuisine at Ambassador Strommen’s residence in Washington, D.C. Read more

Talk and lecture by Per Olaf Fjeld at Scandinavia House in New York on September 21st. Read more

A Space Within at the Center for Architecture in New York, through September 14, is a public showcase of the memorial and museum, including the museum pavilion designed by Norwegian firm Snøhetta, that are now taking shape at the heart of the World Trade Center site. Read more

Innovative companies Snøhetta, Helen & Hard, Code and Space Group will present their work in two exciting lectures at Scandinavia House in November. Read more

Six months after the opening of the spectacular Opera House, Oslo’s new landmark has won the World Architecture Festival Award for Culture for 2008. Read more

What happens when you combine Norwegian and Nepali building traditions? The answer is to be found in the majestic surroundings on the outskirts of the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, where Norway has built a new, quite unique embassy. Read more