Fab 40: Steven Holl buildings
This autumn saw the opening of not one but two new Scandinavian buildings by the American architect Steven Holl. The Herning Center of the Arts in Denmark combines visual arts with music, in a building that's spread across a flat field in a composition of white twisting long volumes, blending interior and exterior, building and landscape.
Meanwhile, the much smaller Knut Hamsun Museum in north Norway’s Hamarøy, just above the Artic Circle, has a more intimate character. Dedicated to the life and work of writer Knut Hamsun, Holl used traditional Norwegian material with a twist, adding a layer of long grass on the building's peak, a reference to local traditional sod roofs. Two fine reasons to head further north.
Michel Zobel's first collection of fine Jewellery for Acne
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Bo Bech's Bakery, Denmark
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LED powered lights by Finnish company, Character
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Amager Bryghus, Brewpub and Nørrebro Bryghus in Copenhagen
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Nimb Brewery, Copenhagen
The Karriere Bar, Copenhagen's Meatpacking District
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The Crowd at Jolene, Copenhagen's Meatpacking District
Eyewear from Han Kjobenhavn, Denmark
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Hotel Skeppsholmen, Stockholm
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The Zerhouse Project by Huus Og Heim Architects, Norway
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Haugen Zohar's Norweigen turf hut inspired playhouse, Norway
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Oslo's National Library by Longva Architects, Norway
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Luxury leather luggage from Mismo, Denmark
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The Knut Hamsun Museum by Steven Holl, Norway
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Hearning Museum of Contemporary Art by Steven Holl, Denmark
Hearning Museum of Contemporary Art by Steven Holl, Denmark
SIS Deli & Cafe, Finland
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Photograph courtesy of Anniken Zahl Furunes
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Stokkoya Resort by Svenning and Langklopp, Norway. Photograph courtesy of Anniken Zahl Furunes
Tres Bien beauty shop, Sweden
Stokkoya Resort by Svenning and Langklopp, Norway. Photograph courtesy of Anniken Zahl Furunes
Stokkoya Resort by Svenning and Langklopp, Norway
Tres Bien beauty shop, Sweden
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Zenvo ST1 supercar, Denmark
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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