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JDS Architects’ Holmenkollen Ski Jump has been announced as the winner of the 2011 ECCS Structural Steel Design Award today at the ECCS Congress in Potsdam, Germany. The award recognizes outstanding design in steel construction emphasizing the many advantages of steel in construction, production, economy and architecture. — bustler.net
Find more images of the new Holmenkollen Ski Jump here. View full entry
A POWERFUL bomb explosion ripped through central Oslo on the afternoon of July 22nd, in the most devastating attack on a Scandinavian country since the second world war. Centred on the heart of Norway’s political apparatus, it killed at least seven people, injured many more, and shattered windows in offices, shops and homes as far as one kilometre away. — economist.com
As mentioned in previous posts I have been studying in Copenhagen with the Danish Institute of Study Abroad. In the last week we were treated to study tours to either Norway and Sweden or Finland and Sweden. My group traveled to Norway and Sweden. — University of Illinois Chicago (Matthew)
Architect Hopes to Revitalize Norwegian City with Oil Platform — spiegel.de
Via @bldgblog (of course!) View full entry
Norwegian practice A-lab won the open international ideas competition on climate efficient urban development on Furuset area in Oslo. — bustler.net
The project goal is to condense the suburb Furuset i Groruddalen outside Oslo with 2,500 new homes and 1,500 new workspaces, and to reduce CO2 emissions by 50 percent by 2030. The project provides a district that stands for sustainable urban development. View full entry
In the open international competition for the planning and design of a museum complex for the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design at Vestbane in Oslo, Norway the jury has selected three winners: 1st prize: #164 Forum Artis: Kleihues and Schuwerk Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH... View full entry
Following up with last week's news about the winners of the international competition for the new Munch Area in Oslo’s waterfront neighborhood Bjørvika, Bustler now presents the newsworthy proposal from REX titled “Yin Yang”. View full entry
Today, Spanish Herreros Arquitectos received the first prize in the Munch Museum competition. Norwegian Lund Hagem Arkitekter with Atelier Oslo were ranked as number one in the Deichman Library competition. — Bustler
Related: REX does Munch in Oslo View full entry
Until March 29, the City of Oslo exhibits the 40 contributions for the Munch Area and the Deichman Axis architecture competition. The list of invited architects includes names like Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, and Foreign Office Architects. Images on Bustler. View full entry
