Architect: Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL
Assisted by: Claes Cho Heske Ekornaas
Contractor: AS Ventilasjonsservice
Gross area: 160 m²
Location: Kolbotn, Norway
Years of design: 2005-2008
Photography: Ivan Brodey, Nils Petter Dale

The client, a young couple, asked for a spectacular house on a limited budget. They had purchased a challenging site with 8 meters height difference from the access road to a plateau, and they wanted a house that “looked like you could shoot a James Bond movie in it”. Read the rest of this entry »

Architect: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Oslo Norway (RRA)
Project Team: Reiulf D Ramstad, Christian Fuglset, Anja Strandskogen, Christian Dahle, Nok Nimakorn (all Architects MNAL)
Location: Romsdalen – Geiranger Fjord, Norway
Client: The Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Design year: 2004-2010, Official Opening 2011
Building area: 800 m2 (Mountain Lodge with restaurant and gallery)
Site: Building Site 600,000 m2
Type of construction: Cor-ten steel and poured-in-place concrete
Photographs: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Oslo Norway
Illustration: MIR and RRA

Norway-based firm Reiulf Ramstad Architects has designed a Trollstigen National Tourist Route Project located in Romsdalen – Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Trollstigen is one of the most popular tourist-attractions in Norway which is surrounded by the majestic mountains. Read the rest of this entry »