Iceland’s forests: back from millennial oblivion Iceland is replanting forests at an unprecedented rate, as part of the Northern Atlantic island’s attempts to counter Climate Change Annular Unstructured 10
Dorte Mandrup In a country wedded to concrete and brick Dorte Mandrup’s series of wood based experiments stand out In Blueprint363 – March 2019
Norwegian Wood, Smart Deco and the Tree of Knowledge – Helen & Hard Stavanger’s Helen & Hard’s hybrid engineered timber brew draws 21st century expressionism into a forested path towards a new sustainable architecture In Unstructured extra 9 CLT futures themed edition – 2018
Trondheim’s vernacular waterfront warehouse tradition One of Trondheim’s most distinctive historical vernacular building types, Eileen Garmann Johnsen writes on one of the oldest, Kjøpmannsgata 27, the subject of her research and preservation project In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017
Super-traditional – an interview with boat-builder Jan Godal Jan Godal, Norway’s pre-eminent traditional wood construction luminary in conversation with Martin Beverfjord about the future of vernacular and folk building in Norway In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017
Living and working the High Norwegian Coast Line Australian architect Andrew Devine reflects on a season in the high north building Fleinvær, a cultural and arts retreat, designed by TYIN Tegnestue and Sami Rintala In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017
An evening redness Rever og Drage’s Martin Beverfjord reflects on the work and connections to More og Romsdal, the mid-western coastal county region to Trondelag’s south and the cult studio’s back country In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017
Sami Rintala – North of the World Profile of the Rintala-Egertsson studio founder, live projects pioneer and Finnish émigré to Bodø, and the Norwegian High North In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017
Stavneblokka Turning wastewood into upcycled timber brick’s – by Anne Sigrid Norby In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017
Time for place and people From student projects onward, Rallar Arkitekter’s Elliv Andreas Myren Ribe recounts the young studio’s journey so far In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017