Contemporary Architecture  Praise for Norwegian design for Ground Zero The Norwegian firm of architects Snøhetta has won great acclaim for its design for the Cultural Center at Ground Zero. Light plays a key part in the building. + More |
Sverre Fehn Sverre Fehn Sverre Fehn (born 1924) received his architectural education shortly after WWII and quickly became the leading Norwegian architect of his generation. He is also Norway’s most widely acclaimed architect abroad.
Fehn’s teacher, Arne ... + More |
The 1990s Norwegian Architecture in the 1990s In the 1990s Norwegian architects returned to modernism’s roots. Private homes and office buildings alike were given large, smooth facades and clear geometrical volumes reminiscent of the functionalism of the 1930s. The most widely ... + More |
The Alexandria Library The Library of Alexandria
The ancient library of Alexandria contained the greatest collection of writings in antiquity. When it was destroyed in the 5th century A.D., a vast trove of ancient wisdom was lost forever.
In 1989 the Egyptian state announced an ... + More |
Contemporary Architecture Contemporary Norwegian architecture
A number of distinguished Norwegian architects emerged after WWII and dominated Norway’s architecture for the rest of the century. While most of these have now retired or passed away, a new generation of talented young architects has ... + More |
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