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Holmenkollbakken Ski Jump in Oslo, designed by JDS Architects. One of the four winners  of  A.C. Houen Fund’s Certificate for Outstanding Architecture 2019.

​Four winners of A.C. Houen Fund’s Certificate for Outstanding Architecture 2019

Today four architecture projects is awarded the A.C. Houen Fund’s Certificate for Outstanding Architecture: Stormen Cultural Centre in Bodø, designed by DRDH Architects, Holmenkollbakken Ski Jump in Oslo, designed by JDS Architects, the Dalaker/Galta Farmhouse outside of Stavanger, designed by Knut Hjeltnes Sivilarkitekter, and D36 - Green House in Oslo, designed by Element Arkitekter.

The Tjøtta International War Cemetery in Nordland county is one of the projects from Norway that will be on display from 8 February 2019 at the National Museum – Architecture. Photo Annar Bjørgli/Nasjonalmuseet

​At last, an exhibition about landscape architecture!

Did you know that Norway was the first country in Europe to educate landscape architects? In 2019 it will be a hundred years since the landscape architect programme began at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). The centennial will be celebrated with the OUTDOOR MATTERS exhibition at the National Museum – Architecture , Oslo. The exhibition will run from 8 February to 1 September 2019.

Trois baigneurs, 1935 by  Le Corbusier can be seen in the exhibiton  “Le Corbusier by the Sea" at Villa Stenersen, Oslo  which s one of the National Museum’s exhibition venues.

​Exhibition on Le Corbusier’s new direction as an artist and architect

Villa Stenersen, which is one of the National Museum’s exhibition venues, shows the exhibition “Le Corbusier by the Sea” from 5 May. The exhibition explores Le Corbusier’s work as an artist in the period 1926–36 by presenting reproductions of his most important paintings, sketches and drawings. During these years, Le Corbusier travelled every summer to Le Piquey on the coast of southwest France.

" Winter Night in the Mountains", 1914 by the norwegian artist Harald Sohlberg (1869-1935). The National Museum shows an exhibition  by this artist from the end of September.

Major Harald Sohlberg exhibition at the National Gallery in the National Museum of Norway

Harald Sohlberg’s famously " Winter Night in the Mountains" has captivated viewers for over a century now. This autumn, the National Museum will display around sixty of the artist’s most famous paintings, in addition to a number of drawings, sketches, and prints. We invite the media to a preview in the exhibition , 27 Sept. at 11:00 a.m. To register, contact elise.lund@nasjonalmuseet.no.

New exhibition in the National Museum – Architecture about about the world’s most important room - The Security Council Chamber The UN Headquarters in New York, 2018 .Opens 15 June. Foto: Ivan Brodey

New book and exhibition in the National Museum about the world’s most important room - The Security Council Chamber.

Norwegian architecture, design, and works of art inform the room where some of the most critical decisions of our time are made, namely the Security Council Chamber at the UN Headquarters in Manhattan, which will now be the focus of a new book and exhibition. Advance viewing and book presentation for the press: Wednesday, 13 June, 11:00, the National Museum – Architecture, Bankplassen 3.

"Odin riding Slepner", 1899. The National museum  in Oslo shows this summer the largest presentation of the norwegian designer and painter  Gerhard Munthe in 100 years.

​Invitation to a press viewing of “Gerhard Munthe. Enchanted Design” in the National Gallery

Time: Wednesday, 6 June, 11:00 a.m. This summer, the National Gallery will be used to showcase over 230 works of design and decorative art by Gerhard Munthe (1849–1929). Munthe was one of Europe’s foremost Art Nouveau artists around 1900, and his Viking-inspired imagery and vibrant colours resonate today as well. To attend,please contact Press Manager Elise Lund (elise.lund@nasjonalmuseet.no).

This is from The Langaard room in The National Gallery and at the top you see the work of  Dag Erik Elgin, Balance of Painters, 2011-2012.

​Museum Work exhibition featuring Dag Erik Elgin at the National Gallery.

This summer, visitors will be treated to a surprising and somewhat unusual exhibition on the first floor of the National Gallery. Artist Dag Erik Elgin paitings will be showcased in a dialogue with some of the National Museum’s most famous works of art. The exhibition opens 25 May, and the press are invited to a preview on Wednesday, 23 May, upon request. Museum Work will run until 9 September.

Kværnerbyen, Acasa, Hille og Melbye, 4B, Tegn 3, Løvseth og Partner, OPENHOUSE Productions/Peter Broberg, 2006-2020

​ A new exhibition at the National Museum – Architecture asks: What characterizes good housing?

Do Oslo’s first-time homebuyers and other house hunters get the quality they pay for as they try to find a home of their own? Have houses and flats gone from being a home to being an investment? Do current housing policies make good housing affordable for people with normal incomes? These are some of the questions the “House Viewing” exhibition, which opened on 27 April, tries to answer.

Le Corbusier, Trois Baigneuses, 1935, © FLC/ADGAP

​Exhibition on Le Corbusier’s new direction as an artist and architect

Villa Stenersen, which is one of the National Museum’s exhibition venues, will show the exhibition “Le Corbusier by the Sea” from 5 May. The exhibition will explore Le Corbusier’s work as an artist in the period 1926–36 by presenting reproductions of his most important paintings, sketches and drawings. Press preview, 3 May, at 11 a.m. To register, send an e-mail to elise.lund@nasjonalmuseet.no.

Oslo School of Architecture and Design, 2000–2001, Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNAL. Photo: Nils Petter Dale

​The Grosch Medal 2018 awarded to Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNAL

The National Museum invited the press to attend the award ceremony of the Grosch Medal 2018. The ceremony took place on Thursday, 15 March at 5 p.m. at the National Museum - Architecture. In connection with the award, an exhibition of the prizewinners’ work will be shown in The Vault.

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