At a meeting on September 3, the Oslo City Parliament passed the resolution that the Deichman Main Library, the Munch Museum and the Stenersen Museum are to be placed in the area of Bjørvika in the nearby of other cultural institutions. Yesterday, the RFQ-commitee for the international design competition that…

In February 2008, the Larvik Commune, Norway, has launched an open, single stage, international competition of urban planning to develop the Inner Harbor zone. The competition has been made possible with the support of the NAL (National Association of Norwegian Architects). Submissions were due on May 26, 2008. 22 proposals…

In competition with some of the world’s greatest architects, Snøhetta has won the competition about designing Saudi Arabia’s new Cultural Center. Saudi Aramco - the world’s largest oil company - is the client. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz set the cornerstone for the Cultural Center which…

The excitement about the new Opera House has just started to wear off before Oslo is planning a new project. On June 13, the winner of the competition for designing the new central station was announced. There were four strong competitors, but finally it was the Norwegian architect firm,

schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the competition to design a masterplan for a mixed-use development on the shores of Straume, near Bergen, Norway. Straume Sjøfront is a dense, contemporary urban development spread across three new islands and…

London - Langdon Reis Zahn have won the Open International Design Competition for a new Library and Theatre/Concert Hall in Bodo, Norway. They shared the first prize along with drdh…

In September 2007, JDS Architects won the international competition for a new Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo (previously on Bustler) and have now been commissioned to build the new jump tower and arena for the World Championship in 2011.