01 / 04North Sea House
Rogaland / Residential
Selected project / 2026
Built from
northern ground.
Architecture shaped by climate, material and the long life of place.
01Copenhagen
02Oslo
47Built projects
18Countries
Practice
About the studioWe design buildings that belong to weather, use and time.
2009Founded
63Architects
12Ongoing sites
Civic / Vardø
House of
the Tide.
A civic room carved from concrete and timber, organized around a courtyard that registers wind, shadow and the seasonal return of light.
Location
Vardø, Norway
Vardø, Norway
Year
2025
2025
Area
6,400 m²
6,400 m²
Status
Complete
Complete
Selected work
Across scales.
One position.
Working principles
Less spectacle.
More consequence.
Climate is a material.
Wind, rain, temperature and daylight are active design inputs—not conditions applied afterward.
Structure should be legible.
We seek clear spans, honest assemblies and buildings whose construction can be understood.
Adaptation extends life.
Long-life frames and flexible plans allow buildings to change without becoming waste.
How we work
Models before
monuments.
We work through physical models, material tests and full-scale fragments. Design becomes precise by being tested against gravity, weather and the hand.
Our process
“A building should make the landscape more legible—not compete with it.”— Liv Nørgaard, Founding Partner