Snøhetta (company)
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Background
The company was formed in 1987 by Kjetil Thorsen and a group of young architects. They named it Snøhetta after the tallest mountain in the Dovrefjell National Park.<ref name="new yorker 2013">Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 1989 they joined forces with New York architect, Craig Dykers, to enter the competition to design a replacement for the Library of Alexandria (the winning design for Bibliotheca Alexandrina wasn't completed until 2001).<ref name="new yorker 2013" />
Awards
Snøhetta has received the World Architecture Award for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Oslo Opera House, and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Since its completion in 2008, the Oslo Opera House has also been awarded the Mies van der Rohe Award,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> the EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association) Great Places Award, the European Prize for Urban Public Space,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 2010, through Kjetil Trædal Thorsen’s lead, Snøhetta’s works’ coherence with their environment was awarded the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, both from an international point of view, for their large scale projects, and at a local, small projects scale.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable works
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James B. Hunt Jr. Library, North Carolina State University -
Groupe Le Monde headquarters, Paris
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Qasr Al Hokm Metro Station, Riyadh -
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
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- Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt (2002)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Wolfe Center for the Arts at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio (2012)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- National September 11 Museum, New York City (2014)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Toronto Metropolitan University Student Learning Centre in Toronto (2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dhahran (2016)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Lascaux IV International Centre for Cave Art in Montignac, France (2016)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Redesign and renovation of Times Square, New York (2017)<ref name="new yorker 2013" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Calgary Central Library, Alberta, Canada (2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Under, underwater restaurant in Lindesnes, Norway (2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Blanton Museum of Art (2023)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska (2024)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Museum of Sex, Miami, Florida (2024)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Qasr Al Hokm Metro Station, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2024)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ford Motor Company World Headquarters, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. (2025)<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, near Medora, North Dakota U.S. (expected completion date in 2026)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Further reading
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- Snøhetta: Hus som vil meg hysa, Kjartan Fløgstad, 2004. Template:ISBN.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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References
External links
- Snøhetta Official website
- Snøhetta Instagram