TaTLIN

Strandkanten is on the cover of the December issue of russian magazine TaTLIN. Once again we can say 'we dont understand but it's beautiful':
В журнале можно найти свежие проекты от японца Джуниа Ишигами, норвежцев 70°N arkitektur

Winning team!

Above: happy architects from 70°N arkitektur and Dahl & Uhre arkitekter + guest experts Marcus Horning, Atkins Global Malmö, and Thomas Barfoed Randrup, Skov & Land Copenhagen + one copenhaguenesque cyclist.
Below: one sentence from the jury:
The jury believes that the entry presents, through its strategies, a genuinely new perception of a structure plan and consequenty sets new horizons for urban development.

windy walk

A morning walk in Malmö brought us to Västra Hamnen with the University building by Diener & Diener, the skate park designed by Stefan Hauser, Calatrava's Turning Torso, Monica Gora's bubble green house and the BO01 harbour walk - windy and wintery indeed.

Mosaïc in Byplan

The latest issue of danish planning magazine Byplan, 04/08, presents Øresundsvisioner 2040 and contains two articles by us; Mosaïc::Region - en dialog mellan handlingsrum and Öppenhet som metod.

#1 in Nordhavnen!

Today we're in Copenhagen to receive first prize in the Nordhavnen Open International Ideas Competition! Read more in arkitektnytt, dagens næringsliv, aftenposten, dac, nordlys, tromsø.. Happy people from left to right: Knut Eirik Dahl (D&U), Gisle Løkken (70°N), Magdalena Haggärde (70°N), Marcus Horning (Atkins Global, Malmö), Joar Lillerust (70°N), Thomas Barfoed Randrup (Skov & Land, København), Tandi Reason Dahl (D&U), Berit Steenstrup (70°N), missing on this pic: Kjerstin Uhre (D&U).
(photo: By & Havn/Lene Skytthe)

1000xLA

Another heavy book arrived today: 1000 X Landscape Architecture..

sugar, spice..

.. and everything nice - one of many great works shown by the art students this week-end..

cold candy

As a winter-treat we give you some amazingly cool and beautiful photos of Strandkanten by Yngve Olsen Sæbbe. Have a nice week-end!

'difficult divinations'

The Art Academy students (year 1 and 2) invite to their end-of-the-year exhibition at Sjøgata 17.
The opening takes place this Friday, December 12 at 18.00, and the exhibition will be open Saturday and Sunday 12.00-18.00.

Go, go, go!

Architectural Review

All the awarded projects are published in The Architectural Review December 2008 (#1342), you'll find Torvdalshalsen at page 58.

And this is what the jury said:
'Jury criteria included sensitivity to place and context, awareness of ecological implications, constructional ingenuity, sensitive understanding of materials, and inventiveness in handling space and light. Projects had to demonstrate a clear commitment to improving human life, rather than being preoccupied simply with architecture as art.'
and
'70°N arkitektur's rest area at Torvdalshalsen in the Norwegian Lofoten Islands embodies a gutsy Nordic simplicity of form and clarity of execution. (...) The jury admired the project’s modest Nordic rigour that chimes instinctively with the harsh beauty of its setting.'

See also the article in arkitektnytt.

¡arRIBA!

We're back after some great days in London and the AR award festivities.
Our Torvdalshalsen will appear together with the other prize-winning projects in the December issue of Architectural Review, some of them really interesting. The projects will also be exhibited at RIBA until the end of February. At RIBA we met (entre autres) Olav Kristoffersen from Brendeland & Kristoffersen who received an award for their Villa Nilsen/Borgen in Trondheim - congratulations!

More about the prize and the project in D2, Nordlys, arkitektnytt..

New President!

Congratulations to NAL (Norwegian Architect Association) for a good choice of a new president: Kjersti Nerseth!
And congratulations to Kjersti and her team! (with Gisle as vice president..!)