^^ OMG! How nice.. Looks really amazing, like this one very much:

http://www.mamut.net/meridianfoto/2001_d012_37_gateh_400h_pp.jpg

Well, plaza istn't exactly blocked by Klp - if so it's just from 0,01 % of the views,, check from the other side to see how small this cutie is compared:

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/20apr09/DSC_0090.jpg

Holy F, IS THIS REALLY IN SCANDINAVIA? Oslo Downtown will look really cool. With even more scrapers. So let's build scrapers and we'll have another Tokyo 6 hours from where i live. :banana:
http://www.mamut.net/meridianfoto/2001_d012_37_gateh_400h_pp.jpg

^ And that picture is taken before Postgirobyggets vertical expansion, a new picture would be even cooler;D

I drove to work today(I normally take T-bane and train), and took a few photos with my mobile. Not easy getting good shots while driving:nuts:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/northstar77/DSC00117.jpg

You all thought those were destroyed by terrorists, but that was just a cover for moving them here. :)

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0190.jpg
From the Rv4 bridge where no one ever walks, and why would they?

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0205.jpg
Long time no see, guys!

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0206.jpg
Closeup of the dark facade and the glass-atrium separating our Jekyll & Hyde buildings:D

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0207.jpg
The joints are a bit to visible, and it looks a bit plastic or something, but it's still cool.

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0210.jpg
The entrance is nice and low-profile;D

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0209.jpg
Moving along nicely:D

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0153.jpg
This angle hasn't been documented, looking down Markveien - where the buildings have been designed to allow views to Sjømannsskolen.

Great! I think it`s time we move on to the next building in Barcode now :D

From the Rv4 bridge where no one ever walks, and why would they?


I walk there sometimes. So there are at least two of us then:lol:

I kind of liked the red coulour, made a good variation... Loking pretty good though..

Great! I think it`s time we move on to the next building in Barcode now :D

There was a lot of activity over the entire area:cheers:

i'm glad this came through and didn't end up like this that the fucking NIMBYers want...

http://stoppblokk.no/2006/montage2/EnerhaugenAlt3-m.jpg

^ This just proves that Gamle Oslo would have lost their view no matter what would have been built there. And this view is from 6th floor of a building located on a mountain - most of Gamle doesn't have a fjordview at this point either, for example from that park there, no fjordview, but in the future they will atleast have a nice skyline view instead of nothing;D

This is the view from the same height as the park in the picture, located on the top of the mountain there:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/Oslo%20mars%2009/DSC_1794.jpg

That montage the "Bjørvika wall" protestors made was deceitful at best. From the lawn there never was any fjord view to begin with.

You know, the ironic thing is that they needed to go to the 7th floor of the "høyblokk" to get any photos in the first place. i mean see for yourself, they shot the pics from the friggin Enerhaugen blocks!


So, they use something they hate, to claim things about something they hate, IRONY!

Of course it is irony. As far as I know, many of the complainers actually lives in these highrises.:nuts:

Those highrises are in my book the worst excample of cityplanning. They are ugly, and they are placed on top of a hill so they can stand there and destroy the hole cityscape in their "glory"..

If I was almighty they woudl be the first buildings in Oslo I would have demolished. Enerhaugen have a fantastic potential, but today it is just a sad case for the city.

They do look much taller than they actually are, think they are cool, but then again - i like commies;)

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0182.jpg

You like commies in the centre of town Oo? If I ever gonna crash a plane with purpose, I will crash it in one of those :p

I hate them as well. But if they were given a nicer facade with e.g. a lot of glass it would be better.

Klp shot today with the Enerhaugen blocks infront:

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0133-1.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0129.jpg

The enerhaugen blocks aint so bad, if you get rid of that green crap, i like the brick on them, actually.

Hey, I took some photos again today and I noticed some small black boxes on the east facede. I tried to take a picture of them, but it didnt turn out well. Does any of you have a theory what it might be? I hope they could be som lights for the facade..

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde108.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde110.jpg


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde111.jpg


and the three friends again.. (ok.. i know its two, but I think of them as three)
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde114-1.jpg

Klatrevegg?;D

^^ yeah, maybe they're inviting the french spiderman to take a visit...

http://www.epk.com/wp-content/uploads/spiderman.jpg

They do look much taller than they actually are, think they are cool, but then again - i like commies;)Yeah me too, it gives a city interesting aspects when it's diversified. Take the Hötorgsskraporna in Stockholm. They are not pretty to look at but Stockholm wouldn't be the same without them.

Cool picture btw. Think it's worth reposting:

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0182.jpg

View from Ekeberg:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0412.jpg

The medieval park:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0427.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0430.jpg

A closer look, no clue regarding the little dots:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0438.jpg

From Akershus castle:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0460.jpg

Looking down Prinsens gate to what will be DEG:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0462.jpg

Great pictures! Thanks. It’s really starting to look denser down there.

View from Langkaia:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0479.jpg

From the Denmark ferryquai:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0489.jpg

Jeez that last photo is just.. I'm out of words! Fantastic centre.

From the traffic circle: ;)

http://hesjevoll.com/kpg.jpg

Took this image on thursday with my mobile phone, very poor quality, but I thought I would share anyway.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/Image035.jpg

Really like the angle of this though;)

Took this image on thursday with my mobile phone, very poor quality, but I thought I would share anyway.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/Image035.jpg
WTF?? the more I look on that picture, the more Plaza looks like it's translucent. Look at how the hill-line and cloud patterns are continued on the building.

Magic, I tell you.

It's a very nice tower, and i love the cladding Klp is getting, real treat for our skyline. Only thing ruining it is that boring Postgiro building, even the newest part is far from good... :ohno:

^^^ Agree, but with Fjordporten and KLP´s 14b, Posthuset wont be as dominant and visible anymore - at least from two angles.

From today, Enerhaugen:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Hole/DSC_0026.jpg

From under Nylands bridge:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Hole/DSC_0035.jpg

they are constructing TWO new buildings, right?

anyone have any renders where you can see how tall they will be?

will they have any (severe) impact on oslos skyline?

have they already topped them off? when will they be done?

thanks :)

^^ It's actually one building with two towers of different design. See the renders in the first page. It will be finished next year.

And yes, the tallest tower was topped out in november ;)

oh, okay.

shame, it should have been made higher!!

why is one of them red in the picture? i assume this is just because theyve not... "made it white" yet, right? (i suck at construction-talk) :)

They've only installed the walls (bearing and isolations + windows). The "cladding" as it is known as here, where they place the great white stones, hasn't started on the north or east side of the building yet. Think they're still working on the west side...

I know Osu claims it's stone, but it looks a bit fake upclose to me... Maybe the cheaped out? Or maybe it's just because it's brand new and it will look better afterwards...

^ Definatly stone, it's all about it in yesterdays Byggeindustrien.

Some fresh photos:

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0006.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0015.jpg

Balconies!

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0016.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0018.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0019.jpg

great update - thanks!

the barcode project is one of the coolest projects in Norway, IMO.

it will definitely look alot cool once that building stops being red, though!!

Byggeindustrien: The reason why they changed the design a while ago was that the barcodes are supposed to be light, dark, light, dark etc. And PwC turned out to be darker than they (Barcode police) tought :lol: The change was for the better imo. i'm really happy with how both facades are turning out =)

http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:NbJfSwL6svXb9M:http://www.osu.no/var/storage/variations/php_464ac5196957d_250x1000.png

View from the nabour:

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0034.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0038.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0047.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0048.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/DSC_0049.jpg

its coming along nicely :cheers:

hmm i can tell that there is still a bit of work to be done on the project, but is it really not going to be finished till next summer?

to me, it seems like itll be done in a few months! 4, maybe :)

I think they are moving in early next year?

oh, it says summer of 2010 in the first post!

Check out the view from 92 meters up in the crane that was dismantled on top of Klp:
http://www.tu.no/forbrukerteknologi/article213492.ece
http://www.tu.no/bygg/article212963.ece

Check out the view from 92 meters up in the crane that was dismantled on top of Klp:
http://www.tu.no/forbrukerteknologi/article213492.ece
http://www.tu.no/bygg/article212963.ece

tilfelle Bergensfolket skal bli for kjepphøye fordi de har et enda større bilde, finner vi det naturlig å nevne at Eirik Helland Urke også tok bilder av Oslo-utsikten med teleobjektiv på et spesialstativ...

hey! :lol:

hmm i want to see that picture of Bergen! Does anyone have a link?

Ehm... Did you really read trough what you read trough? It's there in TU's article ffs. Litt kjapp i avtrekkern til tider du ;P

Am I the only one who prefers who thinks it looks better without the cladding? I like the red color much more than the boring white one.

Totally agree, I like the red colour better and better and now it dissapear :( I relly made a good variation....

It wont be long now before all the cladding is done :)


http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde343.jpg

16.08

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde361.jpg



http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/erreflot/Bilde353.jpg

19/08:

The opera roof:)
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Etter%20sommeren/DSC_0276.jpg

And from the riverfront behind the opera:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Etter%20sommeren/DSC_0281.jpg

From 31. August 2009
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/Oslo/September008.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/Oslo/September009.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/Oslo/September028.jpg

OSU will arrange open house the last two saturdays in September. Invitation will be sent out on the mailing list.

Juuuhu! I'm there ;D

Sun setting over Bjørvika, 10/9-09

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0462.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0463.jpg

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0457.jpg

^^ Great perspective!

Sun setting over Bjørvika, 10/9-09

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Sept09/DSC_0462.jpg

is it finally safe to say that we have the best skyline in northern europe?

imagine how that will look once crystalclear and the oslo s tower is done.. :omg:

btw i love that park in the foreground.. whats up with the one random bench there, though?

i hope theyll keep the park and maybe make it a little prettier with some more trees etc. it makes for a great perspective (with the scrapers in the background) ;)

I wouldn't say a skyline consisting of 4 buildings is a great skyline in any way. But it's a good start.

is it finally safe to say that we have the best skyline in northern europe?

imagine how that will look once crystalclear and the oslo s tower is done.. :omg:


I think a little city called London might beat us. ;)

It will look very nice when it’s all done, though.

London isn't Northern Europe, we win :) And don't worry the park will stay there, but there will be buildings eventually where that road is, and they might block the skyline view a bit. When Sørenga opens to the public, here will be the best view of the skyline i think:D

London isn't Northern Europe, we win :)

It is according to UN; http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm#europe

I wouldn't say a skyline consisting of 4 buildings is a great skyline in any way. But it's a good start.

i never said it was a great skyline. in fact, unless you see it from certain angles its actually rather shite.

.. but its still better than any other northern city, isnt it?

London isn't Northern Europe, we win :)

this is true.

SMCD, i presume youre one of those people who believe that finns and icelanders are scandinavians, too, right?

you live up north yourself, so how can you doubt the fact that the UK is not a part of our little region up here called northern europe?

surely, some parts of the UK might be in the northern part of europe geographically speaking, but that would be the same as saying that finland is an eastern european country, wouldnt it? ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Europe

London win.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern-Europe-map.svg

oslo wins

btw, why isnt the UK in the same section of the board as us, then?

Vilnius win.

SMCD, i presume youre one of those people who believe that finns and icelanders are scandinavians, too, right?


I don’t consider them a part of Scandinavia, but a part of the Nordic countries – which again is a part of Northern Europe. But there are different definitions of these regions in different states and organizations, as far as I’ve understood.


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern-Europe-map.svg

oslo wins

btw, why isnt the UK in the same section of the board as us, then?

I think I’ll trust the UN in favor of your random picture. And UK is not in the same board because they aren’t categorized by the Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Southern Europe standard.

Are any more of you guys going to the showing tomorrow morning?

Are any more of you guys going to the showing tomorrow morning?

I can't since I haven't "shown my interest" yet... Maybe next weekend? That's if I ever will get that mail sent out.

I got the sales prospect in the mail yesterday, with a letter about how to show interest etc..

^^Same here. I just didn't haven't sent that e-mail yet, so I haven't got a time. (and they said they didn't want people coming without theire blessing, so...

I wanted to be there, but i'm playing in a revue at Ås at the moment...busy, busy.

Great pictures of the Oslo skyline, it's improving!

In lack of a better place to post these... here's the pictures I took from the 18th floor and from the rooftop terrace earlier today:

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September644.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September646.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September647.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September649.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September651.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September653.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September661.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September662.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September685.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kjetilbalog/SCC/September680.jpg

A hand in the air from those that would NOT wake up to this view every day.

^^Now tell us! Would you pay up to 120.000 crowns per square meter to live on the 18th floor?:lol:

Sure I would. If I made a few millions a year.

From Sørenga 23/09-09:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/22sept09/DSC_0543.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/22sept09/DSC_0545.jpg

And from Bispevika:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/22sept09/DSC_0548.jpg

Great shots!!

Oslo is starting to look like a smaller, norther version of Sydney.

26.09.09

The cladding:
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/P9261318.jpg?t=1253986204

A few more balconies now, and it will look complete:
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/P9261330.jpg?t=1253986301

Looking up:
http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k439/marshol/P9261335.jpg?t=1253986327

From this Friday:

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/DSCF2987-1.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/DSCF2989.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o190/jmoxon/oslo%20bilder/Clemenspano.jpg

The cladding on the north side of the hammer is almost completed. This evening they screwed up (lol) a nice KLP sign on the top... :)O

The cladding on the north side of the hammer is almost completed. This evening they screwed up (lol) a nice KLP sign on the top... :)O

16/54 so far then. and none of the 3 top front apartments either. hmmm. to expensive maybe?????

anker hotel up to its fourth floor now by the way.

Viewed from Tøyen:

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/241109/CSC_0786.jpg

Klp seen from Gamle Aker:

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_0997.jpg

Slightly different angle:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/DSC_1010.jpg

We have been noticed - and recognized for this awesome tread :D

http://www.sj-arkitekter.no/nyhetsoversikt.html?page=2
http://www.sj-arkitekter.no/dronning_eufemias_gate.html

^^ awesome! :cheers:

The damned barcodes will block my seaview :mad2:
On the other hand, since i work as a supplier towards the construction industry i`m happy to see new projects :dizzy:

Think the barcode project will give the whole of Oslo a much needed facelift

We have been noticed - and recognized for this awesome tread :D

That's cool! We might also have a small influence with our views on projects and development.

A bigger rendering of KLP Bygget, link to larger rendering can be found below the rendering.
The rendering is made by MIR (http://mir.no/) and must be properly credited if used.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/KLPBygget6x1000.jpg
COPYRIGHT MIR (http://mir.no/)
>> download/open rendering (2052x2604 pixels | 2.8Mb .jpg) (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/cityw/Architecture/KLPBygget6x2052.jpg)

Video from DnTV with great views from Klps appartmenttower:
http://www.dn.no/dntv/nyheter/article1856160.ece

Good Video. :)

8/4-10

A nearly complete building now, the fences are all gone and cameras are situated all around the building:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1533.jpg

From the alley facing Pwc:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1534.jpg

"Entering" the barcode passage:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1536.jpg

This is how it will look when entering from Pwc archway:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1537.jpg

Having a peek inside, Ou seems in no rush to add shops here:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1541.jpg

Main entrance to offices and appartmenttower facing DEG:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1542.jpg

Peek inside Klps lobby:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1543.jpg

And the appartments:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1544.jpg

Temporary accesway from the street now called Strandvegen(?)
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1545.jpg

The garage is now open aswell, it even had a guard to see that no suspicious punk with a camera went down there:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1559.jpg

A peek down was allowed tough:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_1560.jpg

^^ very nice, going to be awesome when the area is blooming in a few years!

To refresh your memory, the alley isn't supposed to stay gray and empty forever, here is one of the proposals (Newsletter #3)

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Alleyklp.jpg

Great update Ingenioren! Very nice to see those pictures!

Will be interesting to follow how this building fills up. OSU seems to have huge trouble filling the northern tower (upper eight floors). Only one floor is rented out. Two years ago OSU were bragging of all the small firms they had refused to rent out Isfjellet to, but now they're all gone suddenly? Or are we maybe calling a small bluff here?

This is one beautiful building

http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/5377/dsc0014eg.jpg

http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/2225/dsc0032sy.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3050/dsc0033tib.jpg

gorgeous pictures and area.. the barcode developments can really be used as an icon for oslo and norways bright future :)

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/bp0710-klp-bygget-9.jpg

Bygg.no presents the completed KLP bygget, and shows 21 pictures of both the exteriors and the interiors on this page: http://www.bygg.no/prosjekter/klp-bygget

^^And what's up with SSC? I posted that post while being asleep, apparantly..

This is cool:)

http://www.bygg.no/cache/image/22842/54/bp0710-klp-bygget-14.jpg

Hi,
i managed to enter parking during time i come for Eurovision song contest :)
Epoxy coating on floors, good installations. To sum, up good quality.
I liked car wash place. See photos.

http://pic2.fotki.lv/photos2/10/W0003092/000309111/000030911071_%23_2_%23_AndrejT.jpg
http://pic2.fotki.lv/photos2/10/W0003092/000309111/000030911084_%23_2_%23_AndrejT.jpg
http://pic2.fotki.lv/photos2/10/W0003092/000309111/000030911085_%23_2_%23_AndrejT.jpg
http://pic2.fotki.lv/photos2/10/W0003092/000309111/000030911086_%23_2_%23_AndrejT.jpg
http://pic2.fotki.lv/photos2/10/W0003092/000309111/000030911087_%23_2_%23_AndrejT.jpg
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Walking past Barcode today, I noticed something new (or new to me. I'm not always the first to know stuff!). They have painted a small part of the passage between KLP and PWC, and they've placed a rug beside it. What I'm guessing this is, is a test of how to do this with the whole passage, as it is in the art plan for Operakvarteret.


This is how it looks now:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/KLPgulv.jpg


And this is an earlier scetch for the passage:
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Alleyklp.jpg

It has been there for maybe 3-4 weeks I think. Probably testing as you said.

Just a few pics from Friday, PWC + KLP.

http://i.imgur.com/cewIW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/HIzon.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1tZuO.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TPbyJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BaCNf.jpg

Maybe we should put "COMPLETED" on this one?

i have always though that norway have a very interesting urban style :D this is fucking Urban... i think that oslo have more "skyscrapers" then stockholm have, a more cooler city..
indeed ?

Just a few pics from Friday, PWC + KLP.

http://i29.tinypic.com/2irluuo.jpg



The red banner on this building is an unfortunate visual pollution of the otherwise nice façade. Its removal is long overdue in my opinion.

i have always though that norway have a very interesting urban style :D this is fucking Urban... i think that oslo have more "skyscrapers" then stockholm have, a more cooler city..
indeed ?

I'm not totally sure about 'cooler' -- but I will say that Stockholm feels a bit less "progressive"/more conservative, and seems to be changing a bit slower than Oslo.

Also a huge difference between the two cities is that the upper class almost totally "owns" the central areas in Stockholm while we have areas like Grønland with a very multicultural atmosphere right next to the city centre. Stockholm feels more "preppy" and sort of sterile, while Oslo is more messy and a bit chaotic (also less planned buildings and city layout), sort of. But those differences each have their positives and negatives, I think.

Just my 2 cents on that topic.

I will also add that I think Stockholm is a city where you see the beaty immediately (with a more classical skyline and a well preserved old city), while here in Oslo have to wander around in the streets to find it (at least at the moment). I think this make Shockhom a more touristfriendly place but at the same time a little shallow imho.

Oslo at least has a more defined centralised skyline than any other Nordic city with Oslo Plaza, Posthuset and now Barcode to a certain extent (driving out of the Ekeberg tunnel on a nice day brings out an awesome view of this), and mentioned skyline will be even more defined in the years to come. It really is something Oslo can be proud off (and not being ashamed of, as some people seem to be), maybe it's even something to attract visitors? I don't know. I really think Oslo's way forward would be building upon this formula we have now. I actually don't see how we are building a wall against the fjord at all, with such big recreational areas being built in the Fjordcity name!

Some more pictures of the completed KLP Bygget.

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8263/klpbygget7x768.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8796/klpbygget8x768.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3782/klpbygget9.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5595/klpbygget10.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1746/klpbygget2x1100.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9165/klpbygget6x1100.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5784/klpbygget5x1100.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/2749/klpbygget4x1100.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6775/klpbygget1x1100.jpg
Picture by Jiri Havran.

The view looks great.

Þróndeimr, what kind of lens are you using on your cam? It is making really cool pictures! ;)

^^ sigma 10-20mm. :)

A partytent has been erected at the area between KLP-bygget and PWC. Finally they're finishing the art on the concrete here!:banana:

In other news, I'm loving to see Sørenga bru going down these days!:banana::banana:

^^ Inside the tent:
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x394/espeneckbo/P1010619.jpg

To refresh your memory, the alley isn't supposed to stay gray and empty forever, here is one of the proposals (Newsletter #3)

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/Alleyklp.jpg

Finally:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/20110620_004.jpg

But where is the yellow?:? Someone on the "design police" from the neighboring buildings thought it would be too flashy?



Another comparison:

June 2009: (note crane #3 is standing where the "new crane" will be rising. it's probably been borrowed out the last couple of years...)
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss282/Ingenioren3/DSC_0006.jpg

June 2011:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/20110620_002.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/20110620_004.jpg

The inspiration?
http://www.kapstad.com/users/kapstadcom2_mystore_no/images/2015_Fluesopp_2_stk_2.jpg

June 2011:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/IceCheese/20110620_002.jpg

What's up with the color markings on the light pole? You will also find a similar tag on the stone bench. Do they have any functions?
http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x394/espeneckbo/P1010685.jpg

Modern design - Don't try to understand it. Just adapt to it.