Snøhetta (company)

Company type	Private
Industry	Architecture, Branding, Graphic Design, Interior architecture, Landscape Architecture, Product Design;
Founded	1989; 36 years ago
Founders	Kjetil Thorsen, Craig Edward Dykers
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Number of locations	Oslo, New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Adelaide, Innsbruck, and San Francisco
Number of employees	350 (2024)
Website	www.snohetta.com
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Snøhetta AS (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsnø̀ːˌhɛtːɑ]) is a Norwegian architectural firm headquartered in Oslo, Norway.^[2]

Background

The company was formed in 1987 by Kjetil Thorsen and a group of young architects. They named it Snøhetta after the tallest mountain in the Dovrefjell National Park.^[3] In 1989 they joined forces with New York architect, Craig Dykers, to enter the competition to design a replacement for the Library of Alexandria (the winning design for Bibliotheca Alexandrina wasn't completed until 2001).^[3]

Awards

Snøhetta 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.^[4] Since its completion in 2008, the Oslo Opera House has also been awarded the Mies van der Rohe Award,^[5] the EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association) Great Places Award, the European Prize for Urban Public Space,^[6] In 2010, through Kjetil Trædal Thorsen’s lead, Snøhetta’s works’ coherence with their environment was awarded the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, both from an international point of view, for their large scale projects, and at a local, small projects scale.^[7]^[8]

Notable works

Oslo Opera House
Ithra Center
Lillehammer Art Museum
James B. Hunt Jr. Library, North Carolina State University
Groupe Le Monde headquarters, Paris
Qasr Al Hokm Metro Station, Riyadh
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt (2002)^[9]
Wolfe Center for the Arts at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio (2012)^[10]
National September 11 Museum, New York City (2014)^[11]
Toronto Metropolitan University Student Learning Centre in Toronto (2015)^[12]
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra), Dhahran (2016)^[13]
Expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2016)^[14]
Lascaux IV International Centre for Cave Art in Montignac, France (2016)^[15]^[16]
Redesign and renovation of Times Square, New York (2017)^[3]^[17]
Calgary Central Library, Alberta, Canada (2018)^[18]
Under, underwater restaurant in Lindesnes, Norway (2019)^[19]
Blanton Museum of Art (2023)^[20]
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska (2024)^[21]
Museum of Sex, Miami, Florida (2024)^[22]
Qasr Al Hokm Metro Station, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2024)^[23]
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, near Medora, North Dakota U.S. (expected completion date in 2026)^[24]

References

^ "About". snohetta.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ "10 Unusual Libraries From Around the World". Mental Floss. 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c Owen, David (January 14, 2013). "The Psychology of Space". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
^ "Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2004". Architecture & Urbanism Magazine. Autumn/Winter 2005 (78/79).
^ "European Union Prize - Jury Proceedings". Retrieved 16 October 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Hannema, Kirsten (1 May 2010). "European Prize for Urban Public Space". A10. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
^ Contal, Marie-Hélène; Revedin, Jana (October 2011). Sustainable design II, Towards a new ethics for architecture and the city. Paris: Actes Sud. ISBN 978-2-330-00085-1.
^ "Global Award for Sustainable Architecture". Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
^ "AD Classics: Bibliotheca Alexandrina / Snøhetta". 3 February 2015.
^ "Snohetta's Wolfe Center for the Arts gives Bowling Green State University a new point of pride". Blog.cleveland.com. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^ "National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion / Snøhetta". 15 May 2014.
^ "Ryerson University Student Learning Centre / Zeidler Partnership Architects + Snøhetta". Arch Daily. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2017-04-01. Designed by the architectural team of Zeidler and Snøhetta.
^ "King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture (Ithra) An arena for culture and learning". snohetta.com/projects. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
^ John King (2010-07-21). "Snøhetta to design SFMOMA's vast new wing". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23.
^ "Lascaux IV International Centre for Cave Art". official website. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
^ "Lascaux IV: The International Centre for Cave Art". snohetta.com/projects. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
^ "Snøhetta's Times Square". Domus. April 20, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
^ Rosenfield, Karissa (2014-09-24). "Snøhetta Unveils Final Design for Calgary's New Central Library". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
^ "Europe's first underwater restaurant". CNN. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
^ Gebbia, Charles (23 May 2023). "Snøhetta's shading canopy opens at Blanton Museum of Art". The Architect’s Newspaper.
^ "The Joslyn Art Museum new addition is officially open". Snohetta. 10 September 2024.
^ "Snøhetta Unveils Design for the Museum of Sex in Miami, USA". 20 December 2022.
^ "Riyadh Metro Station". snohetta.com. Snøhetta. 2012. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
^ "Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library by Snøhetta rises in North Dakota". 4 December 2024.
^ Fløgstad, Kjartan (2004). SNØHETTA Hus som vil meg hysa. Oslo, Norway: Samlaget. ISBN 9788252161083.

External links

Snøhetta Official website
Snøhetta Instagram

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[about-1] "About". snohetta.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[2] "10 Unusual Libraries From Around the World". Mental Floss. 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-01-06.

[new_yorker_2013-3] Owen, David (January 14, 2013). "The Psychology of Space". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 28, 2023.

[4] "Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2004". Architecture & Urbanism Magazine. Autumn/Winter 2005 (78/79).

[5] "European Union Prize - Jury Proceedings". Retrieved 16 October 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] Hannema, Kirsten (1 May 2010). "European Prize for Urban Public Space". A10. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

[7] Contal, Marie-Hélène; Revedin, Jana (October 2011). Sustainable design II, Towards a new ethics for architecture and the city. Paris: Actes Sud. ISBN 978-2-330-00085-1.

[8] "Global Award for Sustainable Architecture". Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine. Retrieved 2020-06-08.

[9] "AD Classics: Bibliotheca Alexandrina / Snøhetta". 3 February 2015.

[10] "Snohetta's Wolfe Center for the Arts gives Bowling Green State University a new point of pride". Blog.cleveland.com. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[11] "National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion / Snøhetta". 15 May 2014.

[12] "Ryerson University Student Learning Centre / Zeidler Partnership Architects + Snøhetta". Arch Daily. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2017-04-01. Designed by the architectural team of Zeidler and Snøhetta.

[13] "King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture (Ithra) An arena for culture and learning". snohetta.com/projects. Retrieved 2024-03-22.

[14] John King (2010-07-21). "Snøhetta to design SFMOMA's vast new wing". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23.

[15] "Lascaux IV International Centre for Cave Art". official website. Retrieved 2019-08-17.

[16] "Lascaux IV: The International Centre for Cave Art". snohetta.com/projects. Retrieved 2019-08-17.

[17] "Snøhetta's Times Square". Domus. April 20, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2023.

[18] Rosenfield, Karissa (2014-09-24). "Snøhetta Unveils Final Design for Calgary's New Central Library". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2018-07-30.

[19] "Europe's first underwater restaurant". CNN. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

[20] Gebbia, Charles (23 May 2023). "Snøhetta's shading canopy opens at Blanton Museum of Art". The Architect’s Newspaper.

[21] "The Joslyn Art Museum new addition is officially open". Snohetta. 10 September 2024.

[22] "Snøhetta Unveils Design for the Museum of Sex in Miami, USA". 20 December 2022.

[23] "Riyadh Metro Station". snohetta.com. Snøhetta. 2012. Retrieved 2025-04-12.

[24] "Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library by Snøhetta rises in North Dakota". 4 December 2024.

[25] Fløgstad, Kjartan (2004). SNØHETTA Hus som vil meg hysa. Oslo, Norway: Samlaget. ISBN 9788252161083.

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