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The architecture of Norway has evolved in response to changing economic conditions, technological advances, demographic fluctuations and cultural shifts. While outside architectural influences are apparent in much of Norwegian architecture, they have often been adapted to meet Norwegian climatic conditions, including: harsh winters, high winds and, in coastal areas, salt spray.
Vernacular architecture in Norway [1] covers about 4,000 years of archeological, literary, and preserved structures. Within the history of Norwegian architecture , vernacular traditions form a distinct and pervasive influence that persists to this day.
Elin Ingeborg Kirksaether Corneil Norwegian architect and Professor at NTNU, lived in Canada for 30 years won the Governor Generals award and competition for redesign of town in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Taught for 20 years in the school of architecture at NTNU, Trondheim Norway. b. 1935 Following is a list of Norwegian architects
The National Museum (Norwegian: Nasjonalmuseet, officially the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design [a]) is a museum in Oslo, Norway which holds the Norwegian state's public collection of art, architecture, and design objects. [1] The collection totals over 400,000 works, amongst them the first copy of Edvard Munch's The Scream from ...
The 1930s, when functionalism dominated, became a strong period for Norwegian architecture, but it is only in recent decades that Norwegian architects have truly achieved international renown. One of the most striking modern buildings in Norway is the Sami Parliament in Kárášjohka designed by Stein Halvarson and Christian Sundby.
The Cultural Heritage Act (Norwegian: Lov om kulturminner or kulturminneloven) [1] of 1978 is a Norwegian law that protects heritage sites and cultural environments.The structures and spaces that it covers are deemed to have cultural or architectural value.
Nils Slaatto (22 June 1922 – 16 March 2001) was for more than two decades one of Norway's most prominent and influential architects, having a strong and distinctive impression on Norwegian architecture. Slaatto cooperated with Kjell Lund in an architectural firm partnership for many years. [1] [2]
The foremost sources of inspiration for the Dragestil style were the Viking and medieval art and architecture of Scandinavia. It had roots in the preservation of stave churches and the recent excavation of historic relics such as the Tune, Gokstad and Oseberg ships.