The practice of Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter AS, established in 1985, has during the years attained a high profile on the architectural scene in Norway. Confirmations of this are a series of awards and 1st prizes received in both private and open competitions. Today the practice maintains disciplines of Architecture, Planning and Interior Design.
The practice’s best known works are Justervesenet laboratory and office building, the interior designs of "Bar and Restaurant" and the National Gallery Café in Oslo, the kindergarten and school projects Stensby, Benterud, Gulskogen, Råholt and Gjerdrum, the Nydalen Metro Station in Oslo, the Fokus Bank headquarter building in Oslo, Hus 21 at Tjuvholmen in Oslo and the Norwegian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The practice´s design philosophy aims at solutions that reduce complex problems to simplicity in form and function, yet still allowing for a sensitive awareness to context and the human dimension.
