Norwegian projects and developments

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Norwegian projects and developments

There is a lot of projects in Norway now days. However, Norway is a small country so the most of the projects is small. None the less, small projects can be just as interesting as larger projects! The current construction activity has been very high for several years now, and has contributed to a lot of projects, check them out here.

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Arctic Cultural Center
Hammerfest - Finnmark

This is a new cultural center which won the architectural competition earlyer this year. The center made by the same architect firm that is behind the Barcode concept in Oslo. This center will content a conference hall and a cinema hall which can also be used as a theater hall. The construction will start in January 2005 and is expected to be completed in 2008.

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Hanapiren
Sandnes - Rogaland

Architect: Signatur Arkitekter AS
Current status: Approved

A smaller project in Sandnes which was approved in july last summer. The project contains a 9 storey and 4 storey tall residential tower with 61 apartments. The apartments is from 36sqm to 126sqm and is vey expencive, first of all because of the location. The salesment of the apartments is now almost completed and construction start is expected to happend sometimes during the spring 2005.

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Drammen Plaza Hotel
Drammen - Buskerud

A proposed 26 stories or 80m tall hotel in Drammen, just southeast of Oslo. The hotel contains 220 keys and a conferance center with room for 450 people. The proposal was presented in may 2005, and expects judgement from the city council later this year.

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Nordlyskatedralen
Alta - Finnmark

This project has been mentioned as one of the world most exiting architectural projects by several newspapers around the world as "Wallpaper" in UK. Nordlyskatedralen or the Aurora/Northern Light Cathedral is a 2 100sqm large church in Alta, but is yet on the table of drawning. The architects behind the project is the Norwegian architect firm Signatur AS and the Danish architect firm Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen. Construction start is yet not known, but could start in 2006 if approval.

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New Lerkendal Stadium
Trondheim - Norway

Lerkendal Stadium is the homefield for the greatest Norwegian football team, Rosenborg. This stadium was reconstructed in 2001-2003, but will soon be reconstructed yet another time. But this is not going to be any full scale reconstruction. A gigantic roof will be built uppon the stadium, which they can remove during summers. With this roof they will be able to play football even in mid winter with -30c and 1m snow outside the stadium. The cost of such a roof is estimated to be around 100 million NOK. But this is still planns which has not been approved, but the development will continue through 2005.

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Hinna Brygge
Stavanger - Rogaland

To view the official thread, go here.

Hinne Brygge is a major high-rise project in Hinna Park, Stavanger. The project contains
4 high-rise buildings which is approved. When completed this complex of residential buildings will
contain nearly 150 apartments. All the four towers will not be built with exact same shape and dasign.
The towers will face to each different location, and all of them will own different colors as facade.

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Kristiansand Cultural Center
Kristiansand - Vest Agder

One of the most attractive and requested architectural competitions this year was the new Kristiansand Cultural Center. 93 proposals from architects around the world was presented. After months of jury work they pronounced the winner in February 2005. The Finnish architect firm ALA Architects won with their proposal, TUTU.

TUTU have a cost of 1.1 billion NO. Kroner and is expected to be completed in 2010. If you wish to view all the 93 proposals, please visit this thread.

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Nygårdstangen Hotel
Nygård - Bergen

A 90m tall hotel counting 50 000sqm with 26 floors was proposad for Bergen in 2001. The project was approved once and the developers was hoping for construction in 2003 if it became approved. As far as i know they had some problems with finding tenants, so i don't know if the project is a proposal or a "never built" tower. Anyway, the hotel was proposed in the city center, on the topp of a swimming center which was supose to be reconstructed. They was hoping to see the tower finished in 2005.

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Waldemars Hage
Oslo - Norway

Waldemars hage, between Alexander Kiellands square and Grünerløkka, will consist of 500 apartments. The buildings
will be on 6-8 floors, with 12 towers with additional 4-5 floors. That means there will be 12 towers with 12 floors.
The first people moveed in there in january 2005. Architects are Dark Arkitekter A/S, and total estimated costs
is 750 million NOK (~90 million EUR).

[Tom in Chicago]

Cool. . . thanks for posting. . . looking forward to more Norway projects. . .

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Kiss the frog
Oslo - Norway

Tullinløkka is a very central place in the middle of Oslo, between the national museum and the national gallery, that have been debated over for more than a century. So up until now it has been nothing more than a parking-lot. Now this summer, the national museum (for art, arcitecture and design) is putting up a giant inflatable "frog", wich will host an different exhibits. It opens this week as I've understood it. AFAIK, Tullinløkkas further destiny is still unclear.

[artoor]

I like Norwegian blocks of flats.
Simple, respect the context, just perfect.

[empersouf]

The architecture is very good imo.

[Metroland]

The Arctic Cultural Centre looks similar to the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) in Toronto.

[Chad]

Stunning architectures!!

[Qatar4Ever]

nothing worth stopping and looking at to be honest..