Oslo says » architecture http://www.oslosays.com A glimpse of the town Wed, 05 May 2010 12:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Welcome to Oslo, Renzo Piano! http://www.oslosays.com/2010/04/oslo-renzo-piano-museum/ http://www.oslosays.com/2010/04/oslo-renzo-piano-museum/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:24:02 +0000 admin http://www.oslosays.com/?p=197 renzoNew kid is coming to town: The world famous architect Renzo Piano is the man behind the new museum for modern art at Tjuvholmen in Oslo. The spectacular building, which is the new home for the Astrup-Fearnley Museum, will open in 2012, and will be the jewel in the crown in the new residential  area now being built in the ultimate waterfront a few hundred meters from the City Hall.

Tjuvholmen is an important element in the ongoing process of dockland-to-city which is now the main prerequisite for every debate on the development of Oslo. Not one cultural institution or governmental office is located without discussing the possibility of placing it in the new Fjordbyen – at the waterfront. The new opera is already there, in Bjørvika – a new musem for Edvard Munch’s paintings and a new main library is soon to follow.

The Tjuvholmen area is already half way to conclusion, and has become very popular both among new residents and people using it for recreation. Renzo Piano’s building will be accompanied by a new park from where you can take a swim during summer – from 2012. Piano has made many spectacular buildings, among them the Pompidou Centre (Beaubourg) in Paris.

]]> http://www.oslosays.com/2010/04/oslo-renzo-piano-museum/feed/ 1 Walking on a roof http://www.oslosays.com/2009/08/oslo-opera-roof-walking/ http://www.oslosays.com/2009/08/oslo-opera-roof-walking/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:42:17 +0000 admin http://www.oslosays.com/?p=19 operaSo walking on the roof of a white building by the sea shore is the hottest thing you can do in Oslo these days?
Yep. When the much discussed new opera was opened in 2008, very few could have guessed that the building would be a lot more crowded on the outside than on the inside. On a daily basis, you will always find dozens of people walking around on the roof, and on a sunny Saturday you can count your company by the hundreds. The building, designed by the Snøhetta architecture company, is really quite spectacular, located in the old harbour area which is now subject to an enormous development project.

Not that there isn’t any opera lovers inside the building, though. Tickets are hard to get. The safest bet for a visitor is to show up at the entrance the same day for unclaimed tickets.opera2

 

The pictures are from a concert this week, arranged by Oslo Jazz Festival, with Antony and the Johnsons.

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