Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim
Clarion Hotel Trondheim on Urbika (http://www.urbika.com/projects/view/2153-clarion-hotel-trondh)

A 35 000 m2 hotel and aquarium in Trondheim. The hotel has 400 rooms and will be one of the largest conference hotels in Scandinavia. The
conference facilities include a congress/culture hall for 2000 people. Next to the hotel is a public park covering the 400 cars parking garage
which serves the hotel, aquarium and the existing swimming hall.

The white glass facade with a pixellated silk-screen print surrounds the hotel’s most striking feature: a star-shaped, golden atrium. Unlike
conventional atrium designs – where a grand, central, vertical space is exposed under a glazed roof – the Brattøra lobby has a much more complex
structure. It combines a series of views and angles, from panoramic fjord scenery to more intimate glimpses of the surrounding area. This puts the
hotel into context with Trondheim’s cityscape, where a large grid of straight streets is intersected by narrow, mediaeval closes.

Throughout the project, its designers have emphasised sustainability and an affinity with the site’s architectural typology. Public consultation and
interaction with local politicians led to some elevation design changes during the early stages of the development.

Due for completion in April 2012 the parking facilities on the site was torn down in January 2010, with foundation works on the hotel been prepared
through the spring of 2010.

View high resolution renderings (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=71609273#post71609273)

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7514/brattrahotel6x1000.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8306/brattrahotel5x1000.jpg

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6043/trondheimgrade00586.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img822/9250/clarionhotelcongresstrok.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img69/8744/clarionhotelcongresstro.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/922/chtkongresslobby2x1000.jpg

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9844/aerialday2copy1460x1095.jpg

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/8616/aerialdaycopy1460x10950.jpg

Plan 01 (Se i full størrelse (http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/4796/plan1h.jpg))
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3411/plan1x1000.jpg

Plan 07 (Se i full størrelse (http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/2192/plan7.jpg))
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8978/plan7x1000.jpg

Plan 09 (Se i full størrelse (http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/640/plan9.jpg))
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/6954/plan9x1000.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3508/5plx.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3508/5plx.jpg

Some new info about the hotel at Brattøra:

http://publikum.trondheim.kommune.no/k2000/k2pub.nsf/viewAttachments/C1256F3B0026C93AC125767E003197D9?OpenDocument&frame=yes

Some news on the hotel planned at Brattøra.

http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/okonomi/article1420439.ece
http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/1.6902776

This being Trondheim, the day after a project is presented the criticism comes.

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/1.6904027

That is not to say that all criticism is without foundation.

^^ that hotel was completely stopped a few years ago due to heavy opposition on the heights (8 floors tall). It has now been lowered to 7 floors.

That was approved.

Now they are back trying to stop it because its not green enough.

So far this opposition have made the project worse. Trondheim really need a grand hotel, but since they had to reduce the hotel, that cause is already lost! They should have done that 20 floor tall proposal which was one of the suggestions for this new hotel!

I also see i have not mentioned Brattøra Kongresshotel in this thread yet. This is the renderings of the hotel at Brattøra, nabouring Pirbadet and Rockheim. The renderings are
not updated since they had to lower to building by one floor, so it will be one floor lower than on the renderings.

Project is designed by Space Group.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/BrattraHotel2x1200.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/BrattraHotel1x1200.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/BrattraHotel3x1200.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/BrattraHotelSituasjonsplanx1200.jpg
Full size image (2879x2089pixels) (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/BrattraHotelSituasjonsplan.jpg)

Demolishion of the parking garage on the site is almost done now.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/DSC_0003x1000.jpg

I also see i have not mentioned Brattøra Kongresshotel in this thread yet. This is the renderings of the hotel at Brattøra, nabouring Pirbadet and Rockheim. The renderings are
not updated since they had to lower to building by one floor, so it will be one floor lower than on the renderings.

Project is designed by Space Group.



Your links are broken. :ohno:

Your links are broken. :ohno:

I see them fine...
Nice hotel! I'd love Brattøra to transform into a place I wouldn't detest spending time in. Just need to remove the freight terminal soon..

Your links are broken. :ohno:

Can see them, might be that photobucket was down a moment earlier today.

Can see them, might be that photobucket was down a moment earlier today.
At least for me, these links have been permanently down since you published your post. And I am not sure I like the new side of Arbeiderforeningen....

^^ strange, i can see them just fine, and which pictures are we talking about?

Can you see other pics i've uploaded lately?

^^I can't see the Brattøra ones now either, but I think I did last week:(

Looking at the sketches, are these recently updated? I see that the old speedboat terminal (located between the hotel and Pirbadet) is not there. I know some of our (lame) politicians talked about tearing it down to get their freaking precious view of the fjord, but i am not aware if any such thing is decided. It would be a big shame if that was to happen, because it is a really nice building.

Also, the aquarium is drawn in. It is still not clear to me if that is decided to be built yet er not. Do you know if that is confirmed?

^^ I am not sure what is approved or not either, and i think the situation is stupid. They should have done a much better plan from the beginning (before Pirbadet was built). Because that old hurtigbåt-terminalen is beautiful, and should not be torn down. But Pirbadet was built next to it, and the edge of the new hotel will meet that buildings other side... That will make hurtigbåt-terminalen look very misplaces, an it will all look very misplaced and be a perfect example of poor planning.

^^I can't see the Brattøra ones now either, but I think I did last week:(

I've been having a lot of problems with photobucket lately, especially the quality issues. Was about to go to flickr, but then they fucked up everything last week when they banned skyscrapercity for 2 days (then they added a stupid flickr text beside every picture). Looks like i will go to tinypic, which i have been testing for a few months now. I have started uploading pics there, but it will take a while to move 15 000 photos...

Construction update, 20.06.2010.
Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45920741&postcount=8

http://i47.tinypic.com/a0f9j6.jpg

Finally construction starts on Brattøra conference hotel:)
http://www.horecanytt.no/id/44846

^^ it has been U/C for quite a while actually, two sections of the hotel is 3 floors up already.

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
Clarion Hotel Trondheim on Urbika (http://www.urbika.com/projects/view/2153-clarion-hotel-trondh)

A 35 000 m2 hotel and aquarium in Trondheim. The hotel has 400 rooms and will be one of the largest conference hotels in Scandinavia.......

http://i49.tinypic.com/23kcksp.jpg

Construction update, 20.10.2010.
http://i55.tinypic.com/xlcj6o.jpg

Who sets a "grunnstein" while 3rd floor is being built? :nuts:

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
Clarion Hotel Trondheim on Urbika (http://www.urbika.com/projects/view/2153-clarion-hotel-trondh)

A 35 000 m2 hotel and aquarium in Trondheim. The hotel has 400 rooms and will be one of the largest conference hotels in Scandinavia. The
conference facilities include a congress/culture hall for 2000 people. Next to the hotel is a public park covering the 400 cars parking garage
which serves the hotel, aquarium and the existing swimming hall.

The white glass facade with a pixellated silk-screen print surrounds the hotel’s most striking feature: a star-shaped, golden atrium. Unlike
conventional atrium designs – where a grand, central, vertical space is exposed under a glazed roof – the Brattøra lobby has a much more complex
structure. It combines a series of views and angles, from panoramic fjord scenery to more intimate glimpses of the surrounding area. This puts the
hotel into context with Trondheim’s cityscape, where a large grid of straight streets is intersected by narrow, mediaeval closes.

Throughout the project, its designers have emphasised sustainability and an affinity with the site’s architectural typology. Public consultation and
interaction with local politicians led to some elevation design changes during the early stages of the development.

Due for completion in April 2012 the parking facilities on the site was torn down in January 2010, with foundation works on the hotel been prepared
through the spring of 2010.

http://i49.tinypic.com/23kcksp.jpg

Construction update, 07.11.2010.
http://i53.tinypic.com/2ilngw8.jpg

Omg, the winter is already arrived! Thanks for updts!

Yeez, I thought you had dug up some from some photo update in February!:eek:

God, it's times like this I remember why I emigrated to Oslo...:ohno:

And then i look at Oslo at the worst winter weather times i am glad i live in Haugesund :lol:

Finally got some renderings large enough that we are able to see the building! (Clarion Hotel Trondheim)

http://i54.tinypic.com/20hnamv.jpg
Copyright@ Luxigon (http://luxigon.fr/)

http://i52.tinypic.com/34eusfn.jpg
Copyright@ Luxigon (http://luxigon.fr/)

And the facade tests up close, which i didn't really photograph then i visited the site last time.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2psefli.jpg

wow, looks amazing!! :) good going, trondheim!

good going, trondheim!

Not really, im still not over this getting reduced from 25 floors to 7 floors... :D

ah, well.. that sucks!

but it still looks like a very expensive building :) love the golden stuff in the middle.

Most say I'm a bit sceptic to this hotel. With such location and their ambitions, the design should been way more spectacular. Now, I'm getting the hospital feeling every time I look at the render...

Maybe it is here somewhere already:

http://brattora.no
http://brattora.no/brattoera-i-3d/spill-av-film/

Maybe it is here somewhere already:

http://brattora.no
http://brattora.no/brattoera-i-3d/spill-av-film/

Oh, i didn't know about that website. It's good! I have just been to this one before: http://www.brattorkaia.no/ and it sucks.... no updates. Of course i must say, to my dissapointment, the development on Brattøra is going extremely slow... still no sign of either the "Tverrforbindelse" or any of the buildings on the plots next to Rockheim :( I want some action - NOW ;)

Oh, i didn't know about that website. It's good! I have just been to this one before: http://www.brattorkaia.no/ and it sucks.... no updates. Of course i must say, to my dissapointment, the development on Brattøra is going extremely slow... still no sign of either the "Tverrforbindelse" or any of the buildings on the plots next to Rockheim :( I want some action - NOW ;)

Since Clarion Hotel was delayed by three years we now have to wait to its finished in 2012 before they can start construction on the plots between Rockheim and Tverrforbindelsen. All the parking space to Pirbadet and Pirterminalen was located on Clarion Hotel site, and the only place to move the parking temporary was of course to Brattørkaia.

Kinda funny, since Clarion Hotel was rejected in 2007, then redesigned, then rejected again, then the developer threatened to cancel the project, which gave the politicians such a headache they approved the original proposal! Three years for this gain: Clarion Hotel delayed, paying millions in worthless redesigns and planning, entire Brattørkaia delayed... yay!

So we just have to wait to they have made parkings!

Since Clarion Hotel was delayed by three years we now have to wait to its finished in 2012 before they can start construction on the plots between Rockheim and Tverrforbindelsen. All the parking space to Pirbadet and Pirterminalen was located on Clarion Hotel site, and the only place to move the parking temporary was of course to Brattørkaia.

Kinda funny, since Clarion Hotel was rejected in 2007, then redesigned, then rejected again, then the developer threatened to cancel the project, which gave the politicians such a headache they approved the original proposal! Three years for this gain: Clarion Hotel delayed, paying millions in worthless redesigns and planning, entire Brattørkaia delayed... yay!

So we just have to wait to they have made parkings!

Goddamn... useless politicians in this town obstructing development wherever and whenever they can! That being said, it still sounds weird that start construction of the Brattørkaia plots have to wait until the hotel is finished. Surely the parking garage will be completed long before the rest of the hotel, and surely there must anyway be other places to park if this is deemed absolutely necessary (which i think it doesn't ought to be). It's unbelievable if the reservation of the plot for a parking lot is what should put this construction on hold for 2 years.

Construction update, December 12th, 2010.

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://urbika.com/projects/view/2153-clarion-hotel-trondh

http://i54.tinypic.com/34y8os0.jpg

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://urbika.com/projects/view/2153-clarion-hotel-trondh

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/4504/trondheim1.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8471/trondheim2.jpg

Starting to look like something now! :D

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://urbika.com/projects/view/2153-clarion-hotel-trondh

This is a view the top floor rooms on Clarion will have (exclusive pics taken tonight!).
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2392/clarion4.jpg

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/5802/clarion3.jpg

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9429/clarion2.jpg

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5347/clarion1.jpg

Wow!! How did you get up there??

^^ use your imagination! ;)

Þróndeimr the real spiderman! Nice pics!

Construction update, 05.02.2011.

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45920741&postcount=8

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/5347/clarion1.jpg

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9429/clarion2.jpg

It's good to see that the Brattøra Hotel has reached 8 floors now. I was afraid it was gonna stop at 7 for a while..

The congress hotell seem to move along fine, one year till opening:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZvCRCkemHlM/TXALC08SYRI/AAAAAAAABDc/vL9yAVEsm7U/s800/IMG_0246.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZvCRCkemHlM/TXALFbAGedI/AAAAAAAABDs/HUcnnK0FEMg/s800/IMG_0250.JPG
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZvCRCkemHlM/TXALFx_2m2I/AAAAAAAABDw/QIYPrfsHRF4/s800/IMG_0252.JPG

This one shows the start of the actual congress hall, built on top of the now completed parking garage:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZvCRCkemHlM/TXALDmidKWI/AAAAAAAABDo/JMv4fmLluUA/s800/IMG_0248.JPG

And finally, I was pleased to see that they now (at last) have started construction of the pier, which the new speedboat terminal will be built on (seen here in the middle of the picture):
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZvCRCkemHlM/TXALDLN00EI/AAAAAAAABDg/CLIXo3qyOIw/s800/IMG_0244.JPG

And a close-up from the other side:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZvCRCkemHlM/TXALGNYNxWI/AAAAAAAABD0/XLiHBE9ei38/s800/IMG_0254.JPG

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45920741&postcount=8

Update, 26.03.11
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/5347/clarion1.jpg

A couple of pics from the new hotel at Brattøra:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802359.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802361.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802390-1.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802392.jpg

^^ lol, let me guess, taken yesterday?

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9021/trondheimsentrum11.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3333/trondheimsentrum14.jpg

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6962/trondheimsentrum13.jpg

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/6008/trondheimsentrum12.jpg

Those windows are quite peculiar. They seem to restrict the view from inside. Also, do you know what kind of cladding there will be?

^^ lol, let me guess, taken yesterday?

Spot on! Though, judging from the shadows, I was there about 3 hours after you.

Tohaki: They tore down that beauty? Bastards!

Construction update, May 17th, 2011.

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45920741&postcount=8

I managed to get some close-up pictures of the windows from the inside (!). I must say it looks better looking out than i was afraid it would be. Still i am really
not satisfied with the facades look from the outside. The facade material should have been whiter, but the main issue remind with the windows, it certainly looked
much better on the renderings (http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7514/brattrahotel6x1000.jpg). They should have been bigger, and probably they all should have had different forms. Not it pretty much looks like a hospital. And
of course, it would have been so much better if they built a higher building instead of this massive 8 stories blocks!

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5347/clarion1.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7766/24953240.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7766/24953240.jpg Right: Looking down to the atrium.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7766/24953240.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7766/24953240.jpg http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9429/clarion2.jpg http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5802/clarion3.jpg

http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/102/clarion10.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3609/clarion9.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4245/clarion5.jpg

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/8932/clarion11.jpg

http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/2392/clarion4.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7619/clarion6.jpg

View from the roof. Looked like the roof will be accessible for people as they were dressing it in wood on one side (not visible in this picture),
hopefully more than just the hotel guest may be allowed to get up here.
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/6633/clarion7.jpg

Rockheim, and the ground works at Brattørkaia.
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/4218/clarion8.jpg

I don't like those windows at all.

It looks like sitting on a bus with commercials covering the windows. And I purely hate those.

The windows are dreadful! And from what I can see, not in line with the architect renderings. They should have been like in one row for each floor. Now there's a row between the floors that's only grey. And the grey section between the rooms are to wide as well. This is a big mistake I think, and they ought to redo it. Surely, noone can think this looks good?? Neither from the inside or from the outside...

^^ i guess the politicians policy to make Trondheim's buildings greener killed all those windows we saw in the renderings. And as you can see from the inside of the rooms, it won't be possible to just easily redo it and make the windows bigger, or be in line, so we just might as well get used to it, this is how it will look like for decades...

If our politicians would dare!
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5586/panorama1bzzzzz2x800.jpg

^^I think I've seen better looking highrises than that one! It belongs in a desert, not Trondheim:lol:

^^ of course i don't want that in Trondheim, i just needed something to illustrate that we should think in other ways than boxy highrises! Anyway, it was a crappy photoshop which i gave up on!

^^ i guess the politicians policy to make Trondheim's buildings greener killed all those windows we saw in the renderings. And as you can see from the inside of the rooms, it won't be possible to just easily redo it and make the windows bigger, or be in line, so we just might as well get used to it, this is how it will look like for decades...

Of course it can be redone. All it takes is will and money. This case shows that somebody has not done their job properly, since the result is clearly totally different from the architect drawings. These drawings was what the authorities approved as well. Now, if I were CEO of Clarion, I simply would not accept that the entrepreneur constructs a totally different facade than what my architects made. Neither should the authorities.

Now, I know that there's no limit to the stupidity and the incompetence of the current socialistic administration in Trondheim, but I find it hard to believe that even they have overruled the facade design here.

^^ like thats going to happen, even if we do have the money. Such a shame they fuck it up this badly!

Clarion Hotel Trondheim

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45920741&postcount=8

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802876.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802877.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802882.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802896.jpg

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http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c136/arntf/Urban%20Trondheim/XL802882.jpg


Now that's some depressive shit. Who approved those windows? This must be one the worst examples of cheapning from the renders to real life I have ever seen.


The windows reminds of this building in Tokyo (only without the cool pixelated theme to it):
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/2008%2011nov%20nakagin%20capsule/nakagin%20straightup%20front.jpg

^^I'm personally more interested in seeing how the golden parts will end up..

I wouldn't except much after seeing how the windows ended up looking.

Now that's some depressive shit. Who approved those windows? This must be one the worst examples of cheapning from the renders to real life I have ever seen.

I took some pictures from the inside out on a little visit of mine on May 17th and there was a discussion concerning the windows then as well, see it here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=77953459#post77953459

Well, nice to see that others share the same opinions. It brings up a interesting question though: Should the city accept redesign like that after the buildings are approved? Surely it's then no longer the same building they green lighted?

Well, nice to see that others share the same opinions. It brings up a interesting question though: Should the city accept redesign like that after the buildings are approved? Surely it's then no longer the same building they green lighted?

The answer to this question is to me very simple: NO! The developer (Clarion) should not accept it, and neither should the authorities. If one first is to have a slick glass curtain facade, why on earth would you want to have small, oval shaped windows? The windows were floor-to-ceiling type in the rendering, and this is what it should have been built like.

Construction updates, taken today.

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45920741&postcount=24

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2374/trondheimupdate1.jpg

Testing how the 1st floor windows should look like, hopefully the wider choice.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5170/trondheimupdate2.jpg

The "crown" of the building is been built, hopefully these metal plates they are installing on top are just temporary.
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3799/trondheimupdate3.jpg

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/6312/trondheimupdate4.jpg

Nice job again Drondeimr! Now, that tall window to the right there, that's how ALL the windows/cladding on the hotel should've been. Even the short ends of the hotel buildings look better than the other face, because the windows are more continuous horisontally and give it some style.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5170/trondheimupdate2.jpg

Its not that bad I think, clarion on the other hand...

To me is more about the whole picture: Each individual building may be okay or even good looking, but when you get more and more of these then you loose the historic feeling. And then it is better to let the architects decide the shape them self based on what looks good/fits the site.

To me is more about the whole picture: Each individual building may be okay or even good looking, but when you get more and more of these then you loose the historic feeling. And then it is better to let the architects decide the shape them self based on what looks good/fits the site.

Generally I agree. But that would never have passed the city council in this case.

No, I realize that, but I don't always agree with city councils opinions.
:)

I actually think the Clarion Hotel looks good, I kinda like it :)

Construction update, pictures taken this night.

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45920741&postcount=24

From top of the "crown".
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4245/clarion5.jpg

"Crown" as seen from the future skybar.
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/7619/clarion6.jpg

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2392/clarion4.jpg

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/9429/clarion2.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1597/clarion3oo.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1338/clarion1a.jpg

From some of the rooms.
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4218/clarion8.jpg

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/6633/clarion7.jpg

Thanks, nice pictures. My immediate reaction though is: How the hell do you get in to these places ??

^^ its quite simple, just jump over the fence. ;)

The roof of the Clarion Brattøra hotel is begining to take shape, and of course there are some people who just don't get it, eagerly supported by a newspaper desperate for any hint of scandal:

Dette taket har ikke rast sammen (http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondheim/article1692435.ece)

http://www.adressa.no/multimedia/dynamic/01236/Bratt_ra_hotelltak_1236007c.jpg
Source: Adresseavisen ASA (http://www.adressa.no/multimedia/dynamic/01236/Bratt_ra_hotelltak_1236007c.jpg)

Construction updates 11.09.2011

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45920741&postcount=24

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Clarion Brattøra - snart ferdig:
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Cool picture Tronnelon, did you take it yourself? I'd like to have a hi-res version of it .. please :) Compliments also to the Clarion promo video !

Since you enjoyed that, here's another one taken from the same spot last night, showing St. Olavs Hospital where Kunnskapssenteret is currently under construction:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6215/6258792310_04b7bc547e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/11710980@N05/6258792310/)
St. Olavs hospital fra Utsikten (http://www.flickr.com/photos/11710980@N05/6258792310/) by Tronnelon (http://www.flickr.com/people/11710980@N05/), on Flickr

And the congress center beside Clarion. Me like its organic shaped facade!
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The effect is achieved by angle cuts made in the black metal cladding, where the resulting ends are bent out at varying degrees. Very nice effect :)

But why does the congress centre have to have a BLACK façade like so much else that's been built in Trondheim recent years ? :ohno:

If it looks good and keeps well, why not? I find it more irritating that the walls of Lerkendal stadium are yellow when the football club it houses is strictly black and white.

I know its been posted before but couldn't find the link, here is the video for the hotel taken from their website (http://www.clariontrondheim.no).

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Byggestatus, Clarion Hotel & Congress Trondheim. Bildene ble tatt mellom haglskurene og de verste stormkastene ikveld, 27.12.2011.

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Parti av hovedinngangen.
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Mellom Clarion og Pirbadet.
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Atriumet mellom hotellet og kongress-hallen.
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Kongress-salen, med lys-installasjonene godt på vei.
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Til sammenligning, Luxigon (http://luxigon.fr/)'s illustrasjon til Space Group vs. den ferdigstilte fasaden.

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Pretty poor. The facade looks much more transparent in the render.

^^ its transparency will work better when the light are on inside. However, the main difference between the rendering and the final version is that they have cheapen down, or decided to redesign the windows in the last minute to make the building more energy-friendly i guess.

On the rendering the floors had windows from their floor to roof, while in the final version they made the windows smaller building the first 60cm from the floor and up in wood and the top 60cm in wood. This makes the exterior facades look very dull compared to the renderings.

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Inside.
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4218/clarion8.jpg

Clarion sett fra Kuhaugen, bildet ble tatt idag.
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Nice picture! It certainly is a big building. How does it compare to Realfagbygget?

Are there any plans for the lot between Rockheim and the customs building?

^^ The skating park plot? That will be open space, its part of the Rockheim site actually.

Nice picture! It certainly is a big building. How does it compare to Realfagbygget?


From what I can remember Realfagbygget is 60,000 m2, so almost twice the size of Clarion in terms of floor area.

Now just complete the view with Trondheim Tower hotel.

^^And a awesome multi arena.. Then fill the rest of Brattøra with dense city blocks and some small 'pocket parks'.

Great work brondeimr!

Clarion sett fra Tyholttårnet. Bildet ble tatt idag.
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Legger til noen gamle forslag fra arkitektkonkurransen i 2006/2007 sånn at de ikke blir helt glemt enda!

Forslag fra JDS Architects (står bak nye Holmenkollen) (Info om forslaget (http://*************************/norway/crown_hotel_brattora.htm))
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Forslag fra Schmidt Hammer Lassen
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^^
Architecturally I think I prefer both to the one that’s being built. Not that I find the current one unfortunate looking. However, it could be mistaken for any office building along a motorway anywhere in the northern hemisphere (by that I mean boring!)

I think I like JDS Architects' proposal best, but I also think that would have been a project that would have met huge protests from the Trondheims powerful nimbys. :)

Enda en oppdatering av bygginga. Mye begynner å komme på plass nå.

Sett fra Møllenberg.
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8330/clarionjan20122.jpg

Sett fra Ila.
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4138/clarionjan20123.jpg

Sett fra Kristiansten Festning.
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Nærbilde av skybaren i 9 etasje sett fra Brattørkaia.
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Illustrasjon fra Lobbyen mot Kongress-salen.
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Byggestatus lobby
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Tekniske installasjoner i underetasjen.
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Kjøkkenet.
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http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4060/betweenbar20pixelsssc.jpgOppover i etasjene.
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http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4060/betweenbar20pixelsssc.jpgHotell-gangene tar form
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4060/betweenbar20pixelsssc.jpg(prikk samme gulvmatter og design i samtlige etasjer og deler av hotellet!)
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Rom i 5 etasje
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Utsikt fra rom i 7 etasje
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Fra skybaren i 9 etasje
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Enda en oppdatering, tatt i ettermiddag.

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- Den er litt tung
http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondheim/article1787348.ece

Legging av marmorgulvet i storhotellet på Brattøra krever god rygg og sterke muskler. Se video i artikkelen.

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Slaktes av kritikerne (http://estatenyheter.no/component/content/article/1-nyhter/2027-slaktes-av-kritikere.html)

Når Stordalen ler på Brattøra (http://www.adressa.no/meninger/article1803933.ece)

Bare noen dager igjen til åpning nå, hotellet åpner på Fredag 27 April.

Ett flyfoto tatt i November 2011
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Noen som vet om den parkløsninga mellom hotellet og Pirbadet er skrinlagt? Var der nede i dag, men alt ser ut til å være asfaltert/parkering.

^^ vet ikke helt, var der idag jeg å, så ikke bra ut, en kald stor betongplass...

Uansett, her har vist Adressa sendt en "anmelder" for å anmelde nybygget. Da ser overskriften slik ut:

- Et gigantisk, malplassert fremmedelememt
Clarion-hotellet er ikke bare en mur mot fjorden. Det har dimensjoner som hører hjemme i en større by.

http://www.adressa.no/kultur/article1814684.ece

Og her er noen bilder fra det jeg mener (i kontrast til veldig mange negative omtaler) er ikke så alt for horribelt alikevel. Helt klart en forbedring av området, selv
om mye kunne selvsagt ha blitt gjort anderledes. Fasaden på kongress-bygget er både pen å kreativ, mens inngangspartiet til hotellet, derhvor det skal se ut som
gullstjerna smelte seg over inngangen er ganske kul å spennende. Interiøret, spesielt i lobbyen var både flott og moderne!

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Noen bilder fra innsiden.
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^^ vet ikke helt, var der idag jeg å, så ikke bra ut, en kald stor betongplass...

Uansett, her har vist Adressa sendt en "anmelder" for å anmelde nybygget. Da ser overskriften slik ut:

- Et gigantisk, malplassert fremmedelememt
Clarion-hotellet er ikke bare en mur mot fjorden. Det har dimensjoner som hører hjemme i en større by.

http://www.adressa.no/kultur/article1814684.ece

WTF? You need more than 176,348 people to support 8 floors? :nuts: Why focus on the dimensions at all? It's the design that is the problem imho (sorry Þróndeimr, but I don't like it).

(sorry Þróndeimr, but I don't like it).

If you compare it to what we see built elsewhere then it isn't any good, but compared to what we have in Trondheim this is one of the best shots we got.

Too bad he's good points drowning in the usual wall, view and giant arguements.

But I agree with this:
"Effekten av den dominerende arkitekturen kunne vært dempet noe hvis prosjektet hadde skapt tiltrekkende byrom rundt seg."

^^ Well, gosh, if only they´d let them build a little taller and more slender, eh?

^^ vet ikke helt, var der idag jeg å, så ikke bra ut, en kald stor betongplass...

Uansett, her har vist Adressa sendt en "anmelder" for å anmelde nybygget. Da ser overskriften slik ut:

- Et gigantisk, malplassert fremmedelememt
Clarion-hotellet er ikke bare en mur mot fjorden. Det har dimensjoner som hører hjemme i en større by.

http://www.adressa.no/kultur/article1814684.ece

Mye retorikk, og lite fakta og reelle avveininger. Fyren låter som en særing med liten innsikt i arkitektur og byutvikling. Mest opptatt av at det som er nytt bør tilpasse seg/ helst ikke være synlig blant det som er etablert.

Han må gjerne kalle utblåsningen sin for en "anmeldelse", men den har lite med arkitekturkritikk å gjøre. Sjekk helder Aftenpostens Lotte Sandberg. http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/anmeldelser/Utsyn-mot-fjellheimen-5014265.html#.T53iWLNXXjI

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This is the Verdict The Hotel Got from The Twisted sister rock group and their Roadie tour reporter

"Dee also announced that the band TNT was playing at a local hotel (not sure of the name) but when he described it as “The Big Ugly One…..who designed it? A Blind man?” everyone seemed to know exactly which one he was referring to. I saw it. It was downright odd looking. Like a space ship that had crash landed. Into an ice palace."

taken from herehttp://twistedsister.com/armadillo/

I dont really have that much against the hotel myself its the best we could hope for when building a large central hotel in Trondheim, With crazy height restrictions.

I only think that the white facade should be Black would look much cooler in contrast to the gold. and the lobby turned out amazing much larger than the usual Norwegian hotel lobby.

At Archdaily:

http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/512e22abb3fc4bd7f10001e3_clarion-hotel-congress-trondheim-space-group-architects_01_space_group_peter_hebeisen_trondheim_a_2374.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/337342/clarion-hotel-congress-trondheim-space-group-architects/