Luis Fernández-Galiano   The American Craig Dykers and the Norwegian Kjetil Trædal Thorsen have walked a long way in twenty-five years. From the competition for Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 1989 to the opening in New York of the September 11 Pavilion in 2014, the founders of S

Craig Dykers   Most people spend some good portion of their time finding ways to improve their lives. There are small moments, adjusting laces on shoes or adding sugar to tea. There are also more grandiose dreams of well-being, of travel, family life, or maybe cele

Ingerid Helsing Almaas   Looking at the work of Snøhetta, from the earliest competition entries to their current projects under construction, you are struck by the lack of a theme tune. Many architects strive to develop a recogniseable signature, they pursue the same spatial

Snøhetta   Egypt   The bibliotheca Alexandrina is built on the historic harbor of Alexandria, the city founded by Alexander the Great some 2,300 years ago. The project honors the memory of the library of the ancient city, lost to civilization centuries ago. Characteriz

Snøhetta   Norway   The privileged site where the museum sits shaped the project from its early stages of design, devised as a vantage lookout point over the North Sea. With a strict geometry, the 500-square-meter concrete tube-like building functions as a huge beam tha

Snøhetta   Norway   In 1999, the National Assembly of Norway decided that the new Opera House was to be constructed on the Bjørvika peninsula, on the shores of Oslo’s fjord. The new construction was a first step in the development plan for this formerly industrial water

Snøhetta   Norway   Petter Dass (1647-1707) is considered to be one of the most important and respected Norwegian poets. He was also the Vicar at the church of the small town of Alstahaug in the province of Nordland, where he passed away, and where now the 1,350-square

Snøhetta   United States   The faceted pavilion of access to the only building that has gone up until now (the National September 11 Memorial Museum) in the urban and emotional void left by the Twin Towers after the terrorist attack embodies a careful reaction to the horizonta

Snøhetta   Canada   The new Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen’s University in Kingston is located on the northeastern coast of Lake Ontario, and takes the historic Morton Brewery site as point of departure for the new design. Here, Snøhetta worked closely with Que

Snøhetta   United States   The Library redefines the use of University library spaces by balancing the existing needs with emerging technology and collaborative learning teaching methods. Generous open spaces connect all floors of the library and open stairs emphasize an inter

Snøhetta   Canada   Located between a major commercial district and Ryerson University, the learning center plays the double role of satisfying the academic needs of the campus and of improving the urban quality of Yonge Street and its surroundings, one of the busiest a

Snøhetta   Norway   The project is a collaborative scheme in which Snøhetta has worked with the construction company Skanska, the environmental organization ZERO, the aluminum companies Sapa and Hydro, the consultancy company Asplan Viak and the property management firm

Snøhetta   Norway   This single-family prototype house – designed for the Research Center on Zero Emission Buildings as a learning platform for the construction of sustainable homes – proposes a series of tools and solutions to offset residential carbon dioxide emission

Snøhetta   Norway   The temporary character of the structure combined with its musical performance function largely determined the construction system and form of a pavilion that rises over the roofs of the historical quarter of Kongsberg. The structure is the main venu

Snøhetta   Norway   The dramatic landscapes of Kvalhausen attract an increasing number of camper, auto and bus tourists during the summer months, enjoying the midnight sun. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration held a competition to address the traffic congestion, p

Snøhetta   Norway   On the outskirts of Dovrefjell National Park, some 1,250 meters above sea level and overlooking the Snøhetta mountain massif, the Tverrfjellhytta pavilion is an observatory and information center of the place’s unique wildlife and history. Wild reind

Snøhetta   United States   In 2003 the city of Dallas undertook a park revitalization project to replace decaying and outdated park pavilions throughout the city, inviting different architects to design new structures for 32 of the city’s public parks. In this case Snøhetta wo

Snøhetta   United States   The recent introduction of public rail transportation poses many unknowns in Houston, a large and sprawling city with suddenly changing weather, where people are largely dependent on cars. Establishing rail connections between the busier urban areas

Snøhetta   Saudi Arabia   The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture is an initiative from the Saudi Aramco Oil Company to promote cultural development, knowledge, and diversity in the Kingdom. Also referred to as Ithra (Arabic for enrichment), the center has provided the lo

Snøhetta   United States   The area known as ‘the Bowtie’ is the heart of Times Square, between Broadway and 7th Avenue, and is part of the larger efforts of the New York City Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Transportation to rebuild and pedestriani

Snøhetta   Mexico   The museum is designed with the goal of becoming a world-class natural science center that explores the confluence of environmental, social, cultural and economic influences on Mexican ecosystems, motivating local communities to conserve the region’s

Snøhetta   Sweden   Max iv is a new synchrotron radiation facility at the University of Lund, in southern Sweden. Environmental factors such as thermal stability and minimizing ground vibrations were crucial for the performance of the new laboratory. In this location, t

Snøhetta   South Korea   The design of the Opera House reflects the city’s desire to create an interactive and democratic place, and not simply a passive leisure space for wealthy elites, as Opera has been in many other places. Facing the water, the project will transform th

Snøhetta   Saudi Arabia   The Qasr Al Hokm Downtown Metro Station, at the heart of Riyadh, is designed as an urban plaza with a large curved stainless steel canopy with a dual function: channeling daylight into the subway station and visually connecting – thanks to the polish

Snøhetta   France   The museum is located in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, at the boundary of two divergent landscapes: a dense woodland, and the agricultural land of Vézère valley, which has been shaped by human activities and opens up to the sky. The museum

Snøhetta   United States   In 1995, with the opening of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)’s new building designed by architect Mario Botta, the museum spearheaded a profound transformation of the South of Market district, that soon became a cultural hub for the c

Snøhetta   Canada   Convinced of the importance of engaging the community from the outset, the design for the city’s new library building was completed after two years of conversations with the local community. The new facility, built over an existing Light Rail Train l

Snøhetta   Norway   Lofoten is an archipelago located above the Arctic Circle in the Norwegian province of Nordland. The islands are also referred to as ‘Lofotveggen’ or ‘the Lofoten Wall’ because from the air they look like an imposing closed wall. The hotel mimics the