Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Eikefjord Update

Presentation of "Alt Under Ett Tak"

Friday, May 21, 2010

Nørvasund School Competition Delivered

Results awaited in August/September 2010

Friday, May 14, 2010

Taipei Performing Arts Centre Update

OMA delivers Preliminary Design Phase

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Lecture at The University of Texas at Austin

Friday March 26, 12:00pm CST in Battle Hall 101

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Monday, March 15, 2010

New Nørvasund School Competition Underway

Our second invited school competition of 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010

Eikefjord Competition Delivered

Winner to be announced in June 2010

Friday, February 19, 2010

New Faces in the Oslo Office

from Spain, France, Poland, Norway, and the USA

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Eikefjord School Competition Underway

In collaboration with Kant Arkitekter and Grindaker Landskap

Friday, January 15, 2010

Planning Approval in Stabekk

Villa project receives support from city planners

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!

Looking forward to 2010!

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Skagen ØKOntor

Norway's most energy efficient office building

Monday, December 7, 2009

Drawings of the Oslofjord Pool and Guesthouse

Planning application submitted this week

Friday, November 27, 2009

Sneak Peak - Skagen ØKOntor

A Model for Sustainable Office Buildings in Norway

Friday, November 13, 2009

World Architecture Festival - Winner!

Future Projects - Experimental

Monday, October 26, 2009

VA in Hong Kong and Taipei

Jim visits Ibrahim in HK for workshops with OMA

Friday, October 16, 2009

Updated Drawings in Stabekk

Revised drawings sent to planning authorities this week

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Stainless Steel Gate Installed Today

Custom designed access gate for Storgata 25

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Photos From Storgata 25

Co-working space expanded and re-mixed

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Various Architects to Hong Kong

Consultants on OMA's Taipei Performing Arts Centre

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

New Associate Architect

Leif Houck joins Various Architects

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Friday, August 21, 2009

World Architecture Festival - Finalist!

Mobile Performance Venue on shortlist in category Future Buildings

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

VA Welcomes New Intern

Sara Normann Lund joins us for the fall 2009 semester

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

New Images - Thorvald Meyersgt 89

Illustrations for the planning application

Thursday, August 6, 2009

10 Designers Who Are Shaping The Future

Various Architects featured in Azure Magazine

Friday, June 26, 2009

A pool with a view

New project overlooking the Oslofjord

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Re:Vision Dallas Complete Description

Our 27 page text description now online

Friday, June 19, 2009

Stabekk Planning Application Part 1

Illustrated neighbor notices sent out today

Friday, June 12, 2009

Happy Birthday Jonathan

Our favorite intern turns 25

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Fluid Forms Exhibition

Two VA projects are on exhibit at The Architecture Centre, Bristol

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Friday, June 5, 2009

“Deadline Today!” Exhibition

Various Architects featured in exhibit about architectural competitions

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

New Render of Stabekk House

Planning application to be sent in next week

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Emerge Dallas

Our Re:Vision Dallas competition entry

Friday, May 8, 2009

Re:Vision Dallas Delivered

Competition successfully delivered

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Storgata 25 Concept Design

New commercial office building redesign underway

Friday, April 24, 2009

Spark! Exhibition to China

Mobile Performance Venue to be exhibited in Guangzhou

Friday, April 17, 2009

New Collaborations and Competitions

VA team up with OMA and Werner Sobek in Helsinki and Diller Scofidio + Renfro in Stockholm

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Tingvalla Project Updated

New images and plans uploaded to the project page

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Friday, March 27, 2009

Munch + Stenersen Unveiled

"001100" by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Various Architects

Thursday, March 19, 2009

New Mobile Performance Venue Images

3 new collages of the MPV in the Middle East

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Munch + Stenersen Competition Exhibition

Exhibition of Munch+Stenersen and Diechmanske Library now open to the public

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Yorkshire Diamond in the Press

Requests for information about the project from around the world

Friday, February 27, 2009

Åmot Planning Competition Delivered

Another collaboration with Grindaker Landskap

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Munch + Senersen Museum Delivered

Competition entry delivered on time today

Monday, February 16, 2009

Various Architects on Twitter

Daily updates from the office

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Mobile Performance Venue in Print

An overview of the latest publications featuring the MPV

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Elizabeth Diller in Oslo

Lecture in Oslo and Munch + Stenersen site visit

Friday, January 23, 2009

Schiphol Prize Announcement

VA team win second place in business category

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Central Approval - Class 3

Sentral Godkjenning - tiltaksklasse 3

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Monday, January 5, 2009

Yorkshire Pavilion Update

Complete project presentation now online

Monday, January 5, 2009

Tingvalla Competition Delivered

Results announced in late January.

Friday, December 19, 2008

Åmot Competition Kick-off

VA introduced to local culture in Vinje and Åmot

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Schematic Design Architectural Drawings

Schematic design completed in Stabekk

Friday, December 5, 2008

Munch + Stenersen Workshop in NYC

VA visit Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Thursday, November 27, 2008

VA at Pecha Kucha

6 minutes and 20 seconds of fame

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Schiphol Phase Two Delivered

Results will be announced on January 23

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Hable Con Ella chair by Aleksandra Danielak

Currently exhibited at the Bienalle Internationale Design in St. Etienne

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Pecha Kucha Night - November 27

Various Architects invited to present at DogA

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Friday, November 7, 2008

VA join Diller Scofidio + Renfro in Munch Competition

One of 20 teams participating in the international competition.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Competition Finalist in Yorkshire

One of five finalists out of 87 entries.

Monday, October 27, 2008

ID: Identity of the Soul in Palestine

22,000 have experienced the performance since it's premiere in Ramallah

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Wroclaw Competition Boards

Images of our competition submission boards

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Opening of Promesse de Bonheur

The newly refurbished entrance to the Art Academy in Oslo is completed

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Spark Award Winner!

The VA Mobile Performance Venue wins top design award.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Wroclaw Competition Results

Friday, September 26, 2008

Visiting Architect - Tom Gam

Recent BAS graduate joins Various Architects

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

New Employee

Aleksandra Danielak joins Various Architects as a full-time employee.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Furniture Arrives

The custom furniture and picture frames have arrived for installation at the Oslo National Academy of Art.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

On Display in London

Two of Various Architects' projects are featured in the window display of Ramboll Whitbybird's offices in London.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Revised Design in Stabekk

Updated perspectives and diagrams the villa in Stabekk.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Spark Awards Challenger

The Mobile Performance Venue has qualified for the final round of the Spark Awards.

Friday, August 15, 2008

“Grizzled and Modern” - VA in VG

The Arts Alliance Mobile Performance Venue was featured in a two-page article today in the norwegian newspaper VG (Verdens Gang).

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Various Architects in the Blogosphere

The Mobile Performance Venue has been featured on design blogs worldwide.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Shortlisted for Schiphol Competition

Various Architects advance to phase two!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Wroclaw Museum Competition

Various Architects' registration approved

Thursday, July 17, 2008

“Shot of the Day”

Various Architect's Mobile Performance Venue is featured on Pushpullbar.com

Monday, July 14, 2008

3D Scanning of Thorvald Meyers gt. 89

A 3D laser scan of the existing building has been produced to aid us in the preservation and restoration of the building facades.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Glass Globes in Production

The five hand blown glass light fixtures designed by Kjersti Johannessen are in production at Magnor Glassverk.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Schematic Design Drawings

1:250 Architectural drawings from our schematic design presentation.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Mobile Venue Construction Elements

A squence of images showing the main elements of the project.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Schematic Design Images

Various Architects delivered our schematic design report to the client yesterday at their rehersal studio in London.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Sneak Preview

Work-in-progress image from our Schematic Design report.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Concept design presentation

First client presentation of our design for their new two-family house.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Cheongna tower 3D print

Rapid prototyping print of the Cheongna 3D model.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

New Competitions

Various Architects are working on two new competitions together with Ramboll Whitby-Bird and Pivot Produktdesign.

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Identity of the Soul webpage wins award

New video trailer of the Arts Alliance production - "Identity of the Soul" is available on their webpage

Friday, May 9, 2008

Facade and volume study delivered

We have completed the first phase of investigations for renovation and expansion at Thorvald Meyers gt. 89 in Oslo.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Test inflation of the full scale mock-up

The first inflation of the full scale mock-up took place at the offices of ESS in London today.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Full Scale Mock-up

A 4 x 6 meter test piece of the exterior inflatable skin has been ordered.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Project start - Villa in Stabekk

Design work has begun on a two-family house in Stabekk outside of oslo.

360 panorama

Friday, April 11, 2008

Visiting designer - Aleksandra Danielak

Krakow based furniture designer and interior architect Aleksandra Danielak will be joining us for the next 6 weeks.

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Friday, April 4, 2008

Rapid prototyping video

Video of our rapid prototyping test print on YouTube.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Variousarchitects.no website launched

We are pleased to bring our new webpages online, design by Junebug.

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Cheongna City Tower results posted

Congratulations to the winners - GDS Korea Architects

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Concept design startup

We have begun work on Concept Design for Thorvald Meyers gt. 89. The existing building's age (built in 1860) and historically listed status mean that great care will be taken in evaluating the existing building volume and facades.

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Cheongna Tower competition delivered

Our six A1 boards were sent to South Korea today.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Mobile Performance Venue - Concept Design

Images from our Concept Design presentation to the client.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Test of the new 3D printer

First test model on the new in-house 3D printer from Z-corporation

Monday, March 3, 2008

Concept design complete

Concept design phase completed and approved by Marianne Heier. Detailed drawings of furnature elements underway, expected project completion August 2008.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Glass Samples

Color samples of the new hand blown glass lights from Kjersti Johannessen, the glass artist.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Gurskøya volume study presentation

The first concepts for the design were presented to the client today.

Name	Type	Location	Status
Mosseveien 16-20 Fredrikstad	Commercial	Fredrikstad, Norway	Sketch Design
New Nørvasund School	Educational	Ålesund, Norway	Invited Competition
Eikefjord School	Educational	Eikefjord, Norway	Competition Complete
Skagen ØKOntor	Commercial	Haugesund, Norway	Concept Design
Taipei Performing Arts Centre	Cultural	Taipei, Taiwan	Schematic Design
Oslofjord Pool and Guesthouse	Residential	Oslo, Norway	Planning Application
Storgata 25	Commercial	Oslo, Norway	Design Development
Re:Vision Dallas	Residential	Dallas, Texas	Competition Complete
Tingvalla Utstikkeren	Commercial	Oslo, Norway	Competition Complete
Åmot Idea Competition	Planning	Åmot, Norway	Competition Complete
Munch + Stenersen Museum	Cultural	Oslo, Norway	Competition Complete
Yorkshire Renaissance Pavilion	Cultural	Yorkshire, UK	Competition Finalist
Schiphol Sound Barrier	Landscape	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	Second Place Business Category
Wroclaw Cont. Museum	Cultural	Wroclaw, Poland	Competition Complete
Cheongna City Tower	Tower	Cheongna, South Korea	Competition Complete
Villa in Stabekk	Residential	Bærum, Norway	Planning Approved
Thorvald Meyers gt. 89	Commercial	Oslo, Norway	Planning Application
Promesse de bonheur	Art	Oslo, Norway	Completed
Island Yoga Retreat	Commercial	Gurskøya, Norway	Concept Design
Mobile Performance Venue	Cultural	Worldwide	Schematic Design