Snøhetta (company) explained

Snøhetta AS
Type:Aksjeselskap
Foundation:1989
Founders:Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Craig Edward Dykers
Hq Location City:Oslo
Hq Location Country:Norway
Locations:Oslo, New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Adelaide, Innsbruck, and San Francisco[1]
Homepage:www.snohetta.com

Snøhetta (in Norwegian pronounced as /ˈsnø̀ːˌhɛtːɑ/) is a Norwegian architectural firm headquartered in Oslo, Norway.[2]

Background

The company was formed in 1987 by Norwegian, Kjetil Thorsen, and a group of young architects. They named it Snøhetta after the tallest mountain in the Dovrefjell National Park.[3] In 1989 they joined forces with New York architect, Craig Dykers, to enter the competition to design a replacement for the Library of Alexandria (the winning design for Bibliotheca Alexandrina wasn't completed until 2001).

Awards

Snøhetta has received the World Architecture Award for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Oslo Opera House, and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.[4] Since its completion in 2008, the Oslo Opera House has also been awarded the Mies van der Rohe Award,[5] the EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association) Great Places Award, the European Prize for Urban Public Space,[6] In 2010, through Kjetil Trædal Thorsen’s lead, Snøhetta’s works’ coherence with their environment was awarded the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, both from an international point of view, for their large scale projects, and at a local, small projects scale.[7] [8]

Notable works

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About . snohetta.com . 29 February 2020.
  2. Web site: 2022-12-27 . 10 Unusual Libraries From Around the World . 2023-01-06 . Mental Floss . en-US.
  3. Owen . David . The Psychology of Space . January 28, 2023 . The New Yorker . January 14, 2013 . en.
  4. Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2004. Architecture & Urbanism Magazine. Autumn/Winter 2005. 78/79.
  5. Web site: European Union Prize - Jury Proceedings. 16 October 2015.
  6. Hannema. Kirsten. European Prize for Urban Public Space. A10. 2010-05-01. 16 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031658/http://www.a10.eu/news/headlines/european_prize_for_urban_public_space.html. 7 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Book: Contal. Marie-Hélène. Sustainable design II, Towards a new ethics for architecture and the city. Revedin. Jana. Actes Sud. October 2011. 978-2-330-00085-1. Paris.
  8. Web site: Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. 2020-06-08. Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine. en.
  9. Web site: Ryerson University Student Learning Centre / Zeidler Partnership Architects + Snøhetta . Arch Daily . 2015-08-10 . 2017-04-01 . Designed by the architectural team of Zeidler and Snøhetta. .
  10. Web site: King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture (Ithra) An arena for culture and learning . snohetta.com/projects. 2024-03-22.
  11. News: San Francisco Chronicle. Snøhetta to design SFMOMA's vast new wing. John King. 2010-07-21. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100723184215/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F07%2F21%2FBA401EHV9I.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0uNtdYn3H. 2010-07-23.
  12. Web site: Lascaux IV International Centre for Cave Art. official website. 2019-08-17.
  13. Web site: Lascaux IV: The International Centre for Cave Art. snohetta.com/projects. 2019-08-17.
  14. News: Snøhetta's Times Square . January 28, 2023 . . April 20, 2017 . en.
  15. News: Snøhetta Unveils Final Design for Calgary's New Central Library. Rosenfield. Karissa. 2014-09-24. ArchDaily. 2018-07-30. en.
  16. News: Europe's first underwater restaurant. 2017-10-23. CNN. 2018-04-11. en.
  17. Web site: Snohetta's Wolfe Center for the Arts gives Bowling Green State University a new point of pride. Blog.cleveland.com. 11 March 2012 . 30 November 2018.
  18. Web site: Gebbia . Charles . Snøhetta's shading canopy opens at Blanton Museum of Art . The Architect’s Newspaper . 23 May 2023.
  19. Book: Fløgstad, Kjartan. SNØHETTA Hus som vil meg hysa. Samlaget. 2004. 9788252161083. Oslo, Norway.

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