Title & Author:

Made in Norway : new Norwegian architecture / Ingerid Helsing Almaas (ed.) ; English translations: Solveig Nygaard Langvad, Vincent Moeystad.

Publication:

Oslo : Architektur N ; Basel : Birkhäuser, part of Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin, [2016]

Description:

143 pages : many plans, numerous color photographs ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
"'Made in Norway : new Norwegian architecture' is the second of Arkitektur N's books presenting the architecture of Norway. The first volume, Made in Norway - Norwegian Architecture Today', was published in 2010."--Page 2.
Machine generated contents note: Everyday Exceptions -- Rundeskogen Apartments -- Clarion Hotel & Congress -- Ole-Johan Dahl's House -- Stormen Culture Centre -- The Village Wakes Before Me -- poem / Anna Kleiva -- Bok & Blueshuset Culture Centre -- Valer Church -- Hurdal Eco Village -- Vestfold Crematorium -- Steinsdalsfossen Waterfall -- Rules and Exceptions / Jan Olav Jensen -- Producing Architecture -- Summer House Storfjord -- Cabin Norderhov -- Villa Tussefaret -- Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion -- Protective Roof Over Drinking Water Source -- Nord-Østerdal Upper Secondary School -- Cassia Coop Training Centre -- Weekend House at Sildegarnsholmen -- Bekkestua Station -- Frocks and Structures / Arne Henriksen -- Architectural Recurvation -- Signal Media House -- Powerhouse Kjørbo -- Turning Over Every Stone / Camilla Moneta -- Vennesla Library and Cultural Centre -- Vardø Restored -- Everything is a Story -- Rockheim -- Aust-Agder Centre for Cultural History
Note continued: A Portrait of the Nation -- The Worst Thing is Indifference / Sverre Fehn -- A Good Society? -- Kronstad Psychiatric Centre -- Halden Prison -- Frirom, St. Olav's Hospital -- Bergen Light Rail -- I Remember the Beginning -- poem / Margrethe Aas -- Plassen Culture Centre -- Bicycle Hotels -- Children's Art Museum -- Coal -- Ryerson Student Learning Centre -- The Power of Association / Craig Dykers -- Nature is Not a Place -- Isi Recycling Plant -- Landslide Prevention Skjarvelandet -- Geodetic Observatory Svalbard -- Grorud Park -- Wood Anemone -- poem / Øyvind Rimbereid -- Bird Hides Varanger -- Holmenkollen and Midtstubakken Ski Jumps -- Images of Nature -- essay / Ingerid Helsing Almaas -- Høse Bridge -- Trollstigen Plateau -- The Spirit of Place in a Multicultural Society -- Essay / Ole Møystad.

Summary:

Following the success of Made in Norway, this 2nd volume presents a selection of 40 new examples of the best contemporary architecture Norway has to offer. The projects are examples of how architects in Norway have reacted to the challenges of today. How are the different aspects of a modern Scandinavian society reflected in its architecture? How are new technical and material possibilities translated into relevant buildings for the 21st century?

ISBN:

9783035609783 (pbk.)
3035609780 (pbk.)
(ePub ; online)
9783035607642
(print + online)
9783035607697

Subject:

Architecture Norway History 21st century.
Architecture Norvège Histoire 21e siècle.
Architecture.
Norway.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Almaas, Ingerid Helsing editor.
Langvad, Solveig Nygaard translator.
Møystad, Vincent translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292565
Call No.: BIB 236925
Status: Available