Art, architecture and travel in Norway
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Norway - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Norway.
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Geir Grung’s UFO-like hydroelectric station in the Norwegian mountains
The Suldal power station complex, part of industrial giant Norsk Hydro’s huge hydroelectric development in the 1960s, is an unassuming design destination with tourism potential. Architect Geir Grung, who hatched design concepts quickly with very little self-doubt, designed the buildings to dominate nature and reflect the progressive spirit of the space age. Inspired by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, with whom he travelled to China with on a research trip, Grung’s design combines Asian design influence with interiors carved out of the raw rock
By Torbjörn Goa Last updated
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Snøhetta brings a 21st-century approach to Swarovski’s production facilities
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Split View Mountain Lodge by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, Norway
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Seljord Watchtower by Rintala Eggertsson, Norway
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Touching the void: Peter Zumthor’s tribute to Norway’s mining past
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Norway remembers 2011 Utøya massacre with a tribute to nature
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Oslo's ambitious Deichman Library opens to the public
Oslo's latest Diechman Bjørvika Library branch throws open its doors today in the city's Bjørvika district, with a sculptural design by Lund Hagem Architects and Atelier Oslo
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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DRDH Architects’ new cultural block Stormen is set to raise Bodø’s cachet
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The Oslo Architecture Triennale celebrates ideas over new products
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Snøhetta completes world’s northernmost energy-positive building in Trondheim
The mantra of the design industry should not be “form follows function” but “form follows environment”, says Snøhetta founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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This Oslo penthouse is an urban tribute to natural simplicity
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Hidden treasure: a Norwegian cabin is designed to peek out from the snow
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Let it rain: Modern Tribute furnish Norwegian Rain’s first London outpost
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Great white: Villa Riise is a Norwegian home designed as a nod to the sea
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Remote bliss in new hotel on Norway's Manshausen island
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Juvet Landscape Hotel — Valldal, Norway
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Snøhetta reference religious architecture in new store for Norwegian shoemaker Faust
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The Thief — Oslo, Norway
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Rustic spaces and a Nordic sensibility at Bergen’s new Villa Terminus hotel
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Invisible house in Norway peeks out from its green setting
CF Møller Architects designs Villa Aa, a discreet, near-invisible house in the countryside of Norway, built to respect the surrounding nature and historic farmland of Vestfold
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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EV road trip: an architectural tour of Norway in a Polestar 2
A road trip to rural Norway in an electric car? The Polestar 2 takes it in its stride as Wallpaper* contributing editor Emma O'Kelly discovers remote cabins, saunas and a country leading the electric charge
By Emma O'Kelly Published
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Munch Museum completes in Oslo and gears up for autumn opening
Oslo's Munch Museum, designed by Spanish architecture firm Estudio Herreros, has been completed ahead of its official opening on 22 October 2021
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The French Laundry’s redesign by Snøhetta is revealed
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Trollstigen Visitor Centre by Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Norway
By Thomas Aastad Published