Rica Hotel Narvik
Narvik - Norway

Construction of Rica Hotel Narvik started in July 2010 and is planned to be completed in February 2012. The hotel will be 76m tall with 15 occupied
floors and a smaller service floor on top of the building. Top roof height is at 54.5m, but with a 21.5m spire added on top of the highrise it makes
the building 76m tall. This makes it the tallest highrise building north of Molde (Rica Seilet (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/cityq/Norway%20and%20Nature/DSC_0205small.jpg) is 82m tall) This will become the largest hotel in Narvik
with 150 doublerooms and a smaller conferance hall with 200 seats. 15th floor will be occupied by a small skybar and two larger and more
expencive suites while the 16th floor will be a service floor not avaliable for the public or hotel guests. Price is estimated to be around 140 million
Norwegian Kroner (NOK) (http://www.xe.com/).

Read more on Urbika (http://urbika.com/projects/view/1094-rica-hotel-narvik).

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5412/ricahotelnarvik1x1000.jpg

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2162/ricahotelnarvik2x1000.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5527/ricahotelnarvik3x1000.jpg

Where did you get the heights from Þróndeimr? It's a beautiful building indeed, so let's hope it get built.

Where did you get the heights from Þróndeimr?

I compared it to the mountain in the background. ;)

Madsø Sveen have a PDF (with some blueprints), and was lucky enough to find the one link to it. However, they doesn't say exactly how tall it is, so i used simple math. Do your own calculations (i might be wrong), Presentasjon Hotel PDF (2 865kb) (http://www.narvikgaarden.no/prosjekt_vis.asp?did=2).

let's hope it get built.

I think this one have a pretty good chance to get approved and built, seems like everyone is positive towards it up there. Hopefully it will be, because Narvik needs this one. And hopefully the final version will look as good as on the renderings, since i didn't have anything positive to say about Madsø Sveen's latest highrise project, 47m tall Horisont (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=19134823&postcount=158) in Trondheim.

The render for Horisont wasn't much to go extatic over, and neither was the completed building. This is a completly different class if you ask me. And so very different from the planned Rica Hotel in Moss.

Thanks for the link mate!

http://gfx.api.no/image-versions/www.fremover.no/m/02462/1236265408000_hoell_hel_2462227m.jpg

They are hoping for construction-start this fall.

http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article4172374.ece

It's a real beauty! Go Rica! (Love u guys!)

Et flott bygning for Skøyen i Oslo

I agree. It would have fitted well into the area around Skøyen railway station. It looks good for Narvik as well.

Very nice -- am surprised tourism in Narvik is large enough to warrant such a large hotel!

pretty pointless :(

There is nothing pointless about a nice looking tower like this!

There is nothing pointless about a nice looking tower like this!

well its not nice looking.
:nuts:
sorry too tired to explain why.

^ Well don't bother make critics then.. ;P

No surprice here, the nabours are protesting, but the comments on under the article are mostly positive tough;D And the naboloven thing, has that ever worked for anyone? Don't think so - but they try it everytime anyways... ;P

http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article4282638.ece

Vegvesenet has decided not to protest, even tough it's smack in the middle of uncertain future road-solutions:
http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article4288656.ece

More protests:
http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article4293634.ece

Silly to protest to be honest. I partly grew up in Narvik (well not really true i lived there for a year as a kid) and now there's not much to see in town except the natural surroundings. They might have a point considering the glass though. Maybe would been smarter to build a highrise more suitable to the climate.

That girl Bostad look a lot like Maggie Gyllenhaal though Blonde version. http://gfx.api.no/image-versions/www.fremover.no/298x510r/02557/1240933860000_anja2_2557127298x510r.jpg

Very nice -- am surprised tourism in Narvik is large enough to warrant such a large hotel!Maybe some killer whales and stranded polar bears every once and a while.

They might have a point considering the glass though. Maybe would been smarter to build a highrise more suitable to the climate.

I would not mind if they redesigned it a bit, making it more with a Northern Norway local architectural impression, since the current design is just another typical international building. :)

The regulation-plan is approved by Narvik council :)

http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article4425676.ece

Developpers hope to start construction this year.

I was thinking, what a waste, but then I realized that Narvik had more inhabitants than I thought, almost 14 000 making it the 31st most populous in Norway! I guess that gives a basis to build a big hotel! At least since it's the heaviest populated region in Nordland as far as I heard.

Should be higher than 50 meters tho!

Bodø is the biggest in Nordland. But yeah, 55m isn't really that big, so it's not going to be a problem.

One more rendering (http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article4629288.ece): Has been some criticism amoung the opposition that this building has been falsely rendered to look lower than it is:

http://g.api.no/obscura/www.fremover.no/m/02850/1254900622000_hotellbyen_2850954m.jpg

http://g.api.no/obscura/www.fremover.no/m/02850/1254900572000_sett_fra_frydenlun_2850946m.jpg

Why is it that you guys gets all the nice architecture and we get big plain boxes? Not fair... :(

Lol, AW! :lol:

I guess you've got to go out and fight for something better then. :horse:

Construction start this month?
http://www.bygg.no/id/35252?pid=52

Is it only me, or does this look remarkably like the cancelled Lerkendal highrise?

^^ when you say so, yes, its very much alike. And its designed by a Trondheim architect office, though not by those who designed Lerkendal Tower.

Constructionstart in april :
http://www.narvikgaarden.no/prosjekt_vis.asp?pid=1

Way to go, Narvik!:cheers:

Contractor has been chosen, NCC Construction AS og Consto AS will cooperate on a total enterprise. Construction time: Summer 2010 - February 2012.

Source
http://www.ncc.no/Templates/UtilityPages/PressRelease.aspx?id=1076&epslanguage=no&guid=489903

Updates from 20/8:

http://ngas.no/bildearkiv/bilde_9_100_avis.jpg
http://ngas.no/bildearkiv/bilde_9_99_avis.jpg
http://ngas.no/bildearkiv/bilde_9_109_avis.jpg
http://ngas.no/bildearkiv/bilde_9_103_avis.jpg
http://ngas.no/bildebank_vis.asp?id=9

Webcam:
http://frv.funn.no/webcam/Narvik_stort.jpg

http://frv.funn.no/webcam/index2.html

And a better angle with live view:
http://158.39.26.100/view/viewer_index.shtml?id=170

Screenshot from the liveview today, full height cores and podium now:)

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/Ricanarvikmidtjanuar.png

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll218/Ingenioren/narvik.png

Growing some more... :)

Some different vantagepoints from Lofoten.com :

http://www.lofoten.com/images/stories/mag2011/110225_ricanarvik_top.jpg

http://www.lofoten.com/images/stories/mag2011/110225_ricanarvik_001.jpg

http://www.lofoten.com/images/stories/mag2011/110225_ricanarvik_002.jpg

http://www.lofoten.com/images/stories/mag2011/110225_ricanarvik_003.jpg

http://www.lofoten.com/Reiseliv/rica-reiser-seg-i-narvik.html

Facebookpage for the construction with some pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=147488885294184&v=wall#!/group.php?gid=147488885294184&v=wall

20/11:
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/73951_10150095227166323_667901322_7638311_5536273_n.jpg

9/2:
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183376_10150146682716323_667901322_8440710_6359094_n.jpg

9/3:
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/196500_10150160749121323_667901322_8588822_7572340_n.jpg

So how come the Riksantikvaren don't complain about this highrise?

It's not disturbing his view. He's wearing blinders with focus on Oslo's waterfront.

delete

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l608/ingenioren4/narvik1.png

12. may:

http://www.infoto.no/Other/Narvik-bilder/i-GW2pRCG/0/M/1105120004Narvik-M.jpg
http://www.infoto.no/

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l608/ingenioren4/narvikrica.jpg

Updates from Nrk Nordland:

View from roof of Parkhallene:
http://gfx.nrk.no/MX3s4454GmAH5IXym4VE1QnYg8a3ADjxPL8MTVxSW3dw.jpg

E6 view:
http://gfx.nrk.no/J8oYNTRJJxcY-K9xzQwYLQRqahOo6JyuRF8TNqYtPHOg.jpg

Skybar view:
http://gfx.nrk.no/ylItznrpb4bTTrqBf10mkQOz1zA8F_JzVhLA9GOlZUpQ.jpg

http://gfx.nrk.no/sWVO71pqLQSuSPEEP8ZERQN52dyRP-NSEOZaBVdvFPsQ.jpg
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.7667726

The article also mentiones Rica Bodø highrise construction start has been delayed untill 3rd or 4th quarter of 2011.

Webcam update:
http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/Ingenioren2/ricaa.jpg

The webcam seems to be located at a very high position, surely no other building nearby is that tall in Narvik ??

It seems to be placed in the hills behind the "city" if you ask me.

The webcamera is located on the lower level of Fagernesfjellet, probably in the residential areas below the ski slopes.

Actually - rooftop of HiN college as seen in this previously posted update (http://ngas.no/bildearkiv/bilde_9_100_avis.jpg). The low-res cam is roof of town hall.

The webcam seems to be located at a very high position, surely no other building nearby is that tall in Narvik ??

Surprisingly it does actually have some tall buildings, the city hall, and about 4 residentials (commies) at roughly 14 floors or so.

Narvik has little available space to grow due to it being stuck between water and mountains. One of the main arguments for the mega-bridge project over the fjord was to get some space for development.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/317208_245101318859613_100000792416936_631918_8350199_n.jpg
(Photo: Kjetil Janson)

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/320224_258729044165689_246672805371313_707865_1650941470_n.jpg
(Photo: Kjetil Janson)

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/297153_10150297507901750_531496749_8274571_524491134_n.jpg
(Photo: Annar Hanssen)

Way to go Narvik! :D

Really good looking, congratulations to Narvik. Looking forward to my next visit....

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/317208_245101318859613_100000792416936_631918_8350199_n.jpg
(Photo: Kjetil Janson)


Super! Cosy city and nice view from skybar. Good for Narvik.

Do not envy you the snow, though.

Looks very nice. Congrats to Narvik!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6418849547_acfef519db_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60467962@N07/6418849547/in/photostream)
Gate 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62765927@N00/3201804904/) by Hilde Sternang (http://www.flickr.com/people/62765927@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6418849247_4dd694f4ba_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60467962@N07/6418849547/in/photostream)
Nytt hotel under bygging (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62765927@N00/3201804904/) by Hilde Sternang (http://www.flickr.com/people/62765927@N00/), on Flickr

(Late novermber)

Photo update from Rica Narvik facebook page:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/406742_306978219340771_246672805371313_842472_238999012_n.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=306978219340771&set=a.246680698703857.57270.246672805371313&type=3&theater

And here's a timelapse:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotonaut-norway/6629611921/

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6556067481_367d1a3cb4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/uq2009/6556067481/)
Narvik, Norway (http://www.flickr.com/photos/uq2009/6556067481/) by Glasgow University Abroad (http://www.flickr.com/people/uq2009/), on Flickr

That's one nice looking highrise! Congrats to Narvik :cheers:

Video
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Opening March 1st:)