Nordic — Office of Architecture

Nordic — Office of Architecture is a Norwegian architecture and masterplanning practice specialising in complex projects such as airports and hospitals. The practice was founded as Narud Stokke Wiig Architects and Planners in 1979 but changed names in 2012. Partners in Nordic — Office of Architecture include Gudmund Stokke, John Arne Bjerknes, Johannes Eggen, Christian Henriksen, Geoffrey Clark, Eskild Andersen and Hallgrimur Thor Sigurdsson. The practice employs 120 people located in the main office in Oslo, in Copenhagen and in London.

Since 1991 Nordic — Office of Architecture has been involved in the design and planning of Oslo Airport, following the decision that the main airport would move to Gardermoen from its previous location at Fornebu. The airport opened in 1998, and Nordic has been involved in the continuous improvement works and the current vast expansion including a new pier, as part of Team_T. Team_T is a collaboration between Nordic — Office of Architecture, COWI, Norconsult, Aas-Jakobsen and Per Rasmussen AS.

In 2014 Nordic — Office of Architecture, Grimshaw Architects and Haptic Architects were assigned by the consortium of Cengiz-Kolin-Limak-Mapa-Kalyon to design what will become the worlds largest airport, Istanbul New Airport. This airport will be able to handle 150 million passengers per year.

Notable hospital projects include St. Olav's University Hospital which was completed in 2013. This vast project included six new clinical centres in central Trondheim, which were all built while the hospital was fully operational. The hospital has been well integrated in the city and has received awards for urban design, sustainable design and inclusive design. Awards include The 'Health Project Over 40000 Award' from the International Academy for Design & Health in 2014 and 'The Innovation Award for Inclusive Design' from The Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture 2015.


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