The Exhibition "SNØHETTA, architecture – landscape – interior" at Scandinavia House through April 3rd. Lecture by Craig Dykers, Snøhetta, on Tuesday March 30 at 7 pm.
The innovative, award-winning, and environmentally conscious architectural firm, Snøhetta, will be featured in a multi-faceted exhibition, opening on February 3, 2010. SNØHETTA, architecture – landscape – interior offers insights into the design and construction of the firm’s most important works, including the celebrated Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt, the recently completed Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway, and the planned National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York. Organized and initially presented by the National Museum – Architecture in Oslo earlier this year, this exhibition includes films, photographs, drawings, models, and interactive learning devices.
Special Event: Conditions of Architecture & Current Works. Lecture by Craig Dykers, Snøhetta.
Tuesday, March 30, 7 pm
$10 ($8 ASF Members, FREE to Students with a valid ID)
A companion lecture to the exhibition SNØHETTA architecture – landscape – interior, Snøhetta co-founder Craig Dykers will present recent works from the Snøhetta office and discuss contemporary conditions in architectural practice that the firm is evaluating. Dykers co-founded the architecture and design firm in 1989 – the same year the firm won the international competition to design the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. Snøhetta established a New York office in 2004, the year it was awarded the commission for the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion at the World Trade Center.
The Exhibition is commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, produced by Norway’s National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design in close collaboration with Snøhetta. The curator is Eva Madshus, Senior Curator at the National Museum—Architecture in Oslo.