Opera House, Oslo, Norway

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2009 International Stone Architecture Award--Opera House, Oslo, Norway

Project: Opera House, Oslo, Norway (2008)
 
Architect: Snøhetta, Oslo, Norway
 
Primary stone material: Carrara marble
Jury comments
 
“Included in a plan to reconvert the Oslo seafront, the Opera House generates the plan’s more urban dimensions by transforming spaces into pedestrian surfaces whose public nature is emphasized through the extensive use of marble.”

“The image of slabs of ice frozen into the white of the Carrara marble gives exceptional power to the work, which is also enriched by references to a certain modern Nordic Mediterranean design tradition.” 
 

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