Talk: Kjetil Thorsen from Snøhetta

Kjetil Thorsen, the head of Snøhetta, will present three lectures across New Zealand in early March, sponsored by the Metro Performance Glass team. Snøhetta is an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and brand design office based in Oslo, Norway and New York City with studios in San Francisco, California, Innsbruck, Austria, and Singapore. The firm has approximately 150 designers working on projects around the world and is currently involved with more than 50 projects in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. 

The practice has received the World Architecture Award for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Oslo Opera House, and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Since its completion in 2008, the Oslo Opera House has also garnered the Mies van der Rohe Award and the EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association) Great Places Award, as well as the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the International Architecture Award and the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2010.

Snøhetta arkitektur-landskap began as a collaborative architectural and landscape workshop, and has remained true to its trans-disciplinary way of thinking since its inception. This will be a chance to see the work and learn more about the architectural philosophy of Snøhetta.

Auckland

When: Monday 29 February 2016
Start: 6.30pm - Finish: 7.30pm approx.
Where: Auckland University Business School, Owen G Glenn Building, Building 260, Theatre 098, 388/12 Grafton Road, Auckland

Wellington

When: Wednesday 2 March 2016
Start: 6pm - Finish: 7pm approx.
Where: City Gallery, Civic Square, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington

Christchurch

When: Friday 4 March 2016
Start: 6pm - Finish: 7pm approx.
Where: Cardboard Cathedral, 234 Hereford St, Christchurch Central