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The Opera House has made good on its promise to serve as the keystone of Oslo's waterfront redevelopment, including the Munch Museum, the National Museum, and the Oslo Main Library - heralding further expansion of the cultural district.
May 7, 2008 · The operahouse is the realisation of the winning competion entry. Four diagrams, which were part of the entry, explain the building's basic concept. "The wave wall:" Opera and ballet are young...
The Opera is built on piles in the Oslo fjord, abutting reclaimed land that extends Oslo's harbor, giving more of the city's waterfront space back to the public. The new Opera house faces the city as much as the fjord and creates a strong visual connection between the downtown and Oslo's eastern areas
Feb 21, 2019 · Architects from Snøhetta proposed a building that would become an integral part of the City of Oslo. Connecting land and sea, the Opera House would seem to rise up from the fjord. The sculpted landscape would become not just a theater for opera and ballet, but also a plaza open to the public.
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Due to its size and aesthetic expression, the opera house will stand apart from other buildings in the area. The marble clad roofs cape forms a large public space in the landscape of the city and the fjord.
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In 2007, Poltrona Frau executed 1,800 seats designed by Snøhetta to the new opera house in Oslo. Its design blends Scandinavian style with exclusive comfort. The Norwegian studio chose custom-made wenge-tinted oak and bright orange, 100 percent mohair velvet.