ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 400
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Oct 10 15:17:00 PDT 2008
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OSLO OPERA
by Terri Peters
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The new Oslo Opera House is a monumental architectural
statement for Norway, providing a glamorous new home for
the National Opera and Ballet and a striking public
plaza overlooking the Oslofjord.
Instantly shedding opera's snooty, high-art image, the
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Snohetta slopes down from the roof to the water's
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From the outset, the integration of art and architecture
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integrated artworks: part of the building fabric, to be
approached as collaborations.
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