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Global transdisciplinary architecture and design practice Snøhetta has completed Norway’s first naturally climatized mixed-use building. Vertikal Nydalen is located in the Nydalen neighborhood of Oslo, a former industrial area by the river Akerselva. The visually appealing and dynamic structure incorporates a simplified and self-sufficient climate system, based on research into sustainable energy solutions. Lars Petter Pettersen/Snøhetta Snøhetta and Lala Tøyen Over the course of several decades, Nydalen has transitioned from an industrial area into a modern business hub. The site on which Vertikal Nydalen sits had been used as a car park. In a bid to transform the neighborhood into a vib... More

Global transdisciplinary architecture and design practice Snøhetta has designed a new entrance and outdoor extension for the Norwegian Skimuseet, the world’s oldest ski museum. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023, the new addition provides the Skimuseet (Ski Museum) in Holmenkollen, Oslo, with its own distinct identity, one that offers a pleasing contrast to the impressive Holmenkollen Ski Jump. Thomas Ekström / Snøhetta Thomas Ekström / Snøhetta The Holmenkollen Ski Jump underwent a major upgrade in time for the 2011 Nordic World Ski Championships. Overshadowed by this upgrade, both figuratively and literally, “the Ski Museum has undergone a transformative process to be br... More

International and transdisciplinary architecture and design practice Snøhetta has completed the mammoth Beijing City Library. Located in the Chinese capital’s Tongzhou District, the project expresses a transformative vision for the concept of a library in the current digital age. Yumeng Zhu Tongzhou District lies approximately 20 kilometers (around 12.5 miles) from the center of Beijing and is considered the eastern gateway to the capital. Once an area with a number of smaller villages, Tongzhou has been transformed as part of an ambitious masterplan and is very much an extension of Beijing’s vast urban fabric. The library is one of three new cultural buildings in the district and part of a drive to establish To... More

At the very highest point of the Norwegian Railway track and only accessible by train, you will find the mountain village Finse.  Situated amidst the beautiful mountain landscape is the stately hotel Finse 1222. Originally constructed in 1906 to provide lodging for railroad workers, it reopened as a hotel in 1902. Snøhetta was commissioned in 2022 to bring a modern vision while bridging with the past.  Ivar Kvaal With a down to earth yet exclusive feel, the existing hotel was welcoming an increasing number of visitors that wanted to explore the outdoors but also fully take in the indoor realm of the hotel.  Ivar Kvaal The Snøhetta team began by investigating the extensive amount of historic material... More

Providing a new home that reflects the entrepreneurial spirit of New York City, Snøhetta has completed the Cornell Tech Hotel and Education Center. The project includes two buildings connected by a planted entry plaza and links a 36,5000 square-foot business conference centre with a 196-room hotel tower. Caption Upon arrival on the campus, visitors are greeted by the softly curving surfaces and glimmering double-height aluminium panels of the 18-storey hotel. V-shaped columns announce a ground-level bar opening that leads into the shared courtyard while continuous soffits run from the entry along the perimeter of the ground level.  The four-storey conference centre meanwhile is embedded into the campus and is clad with ver... More

A mountainous landscape, Summit draws you in, with complete upholstery, beautiful stitching, and soft cushioning, it is a retreat from conventional furnishings. With five modules: curved, waved and straight, in three sizes: small, medium, and large, the modulations are endless. Simple in its form, Summit can become a small staircase, a curved rising or a wavy ridge, all depending on the preferred environment. More

North of Copenhagen in Charlottenlund, Denmark, the Ordrupgaard Museum houses a comprehensive collection of French and Danish art from the 19th and early 20th-century. The original museum building is a three-winged, neoclassical style mansion dating back to World War I. Laura Stamer In 2005, a modern 1,150m2 black and lava concrete extension designed by Zaha Hadid was added. Largely subterranean and partly excavated from the landscape, Snøhetta’s latest addition of a new extension and landscape offers additional exhibition space while forming a critical link between Hadid’s extension for special exhibitions and the museum’s original building and permanent collection. Laura Stamer Taking on the exterior a... More

A new production facility for electric car producer Polestar, this latest project from Snøhetta is a bright, spacious and open building that brings together employees, clients and visitors. Environmentally friendly measures such as outdoor spaces and generous amounts of light inform the design along with energy-efficient solutions to ventilation and water usage.  Polestar China Visually the building is defined by its curving shape. This curve acts as a structuring gesture, creating associations to the movement and dynamics of the car industry and car racing as well as tying landscape and building together. Polestar China The building curves out of the main factory volume to create areas for offices, canteens, and a... More