Ukategorisert – NIELSTORP+ arkitekter

Oslofjord Hotel soft opening

16. september 2020/i Ukategorisert /av Herman Hagelsteen

Proposal for visitor center for sail boat Colin Archer

28. august 2020/i Ukategorisert /av Herman Hagelsteen

NIELSTORP+ is happy to present a proposal for an exhibition building in Larvik for legendary rescue ship known as Colin Archer. The boat is part of a series of rescue boats designed and built by legendary boat builder Colin Archer in the 1890s.

The aim is to create a landmark visitor center for what is a central piece of Norwegian naval history. Instead of building a house around a boat the proposal presents a transparent shell in glass, steel in aluminium with solar panels. The sculptural shape alludes to an installation more than a building.

In cold winter nights the boat is to be lit exuding a warmth like a light house in the nitght.

“The Colin Archer visitor center is to be a cultural center for all, usable for a multitude of purposes. While there may be boat on prominent display the building is for all kinds of activities” says Niels Torp.

New Radisson hotel at Gardermoen

6. august 2020/i Ukategorisert /av Herman Hagelsteen

Our design for a new seven storey hotel extension to the existing Park Hotell Gardermoen is now being built. The new hotel will be a Radisson Red hotel that increase guest capacity with 217 rooms.

Completion is estimated to be at the end of 2021 and will in addition to new hotel rooms add new meeting rooms, gym and outdoor atrium park.

New partner at NIELSTORP+architects

2. juni 2020/i Ukategorisert /av Herman Hagelsteen

Lundsjordet, Eidsvoll

20. mars 2020/i Ukategorisert /av Herman Hagelsteen

Storgaten 25 in Tromsø well underway

18. mars 2020/i Ukategorisert /av Herman Hagelsteen

Facade construction is well underway for our office and retail building in Tromsø. Comprising of 5 office floors over a supermarket at street level, the building will bring new life to a once dilapidated site in Tromsø. The building will include a double height streetspace complete with glass roof which will run the entire length of the city block creating a new link in the city.

The Rødbanken city-block in Tromsø opens

26. februar 2020/i Ukategorisert /av Herman Hagelsteen

Our project Rødbank quater is a city block in Tromsø which opened early this year. It is situated in the old town at the intersection of two main streets and next to the cathedral park.The two reburbished older monumental buildings and the new structure join to surround a glass covered atrium.

The new building is designed to compliment the old ones, using similar materials, colors and scale.
The facades are illuminated to give the building presence in the dark winter months, when there is no daylight in artic Tromsø.

The internal atium is designed as an italian piazza which is open to the public on the ground floor. Cafes, event-spaces, artworks and planting surround the cobblestone floor.

The internal space is connected to the surroundig streets and park with passageways in all directions.
The internal facades facing the central courtyard/atrium is designed to show and expose the different buildings from three different centuries.

The buildings prime use is to house the offices of Sparebank1 Nord-Norge, but by opening up of the different spaces to the public, it becomes more than just a building for banking. The building is used for different types og arragement and services which the bank offers back as non-profit.

Extension of Oslofjord Convention Center

11. februar 2020/i Ukategorisert /av Herman Hagelsteen

This is a new two story extension of the existing Oslofjord Convention Centre. The building contains a varied program with lobby areas, meeting rooms, multi-use hall, industrial kitchen, delivery centre and technical rooms. In addition the commission also includes landscape design for a new flexible public square located between the promenade and the existing Convention centre. The front has a continuous glass facade towards the square and the promenade with extended roofs creating an invitation to enter the building.

We won silver at MIPIM ASIA AWARDS 2019!

28. november 2019/i Ukategorisert /av Bente Ulvoy

At the award ceremony in Hong Kong on November 27th, the results for the award categories was revealed. In the category Best Office Development, NIELSTORP+ architects won the silver award for our design of “The Home of China Eastern Airlines” in Shanghai, China.

MIPIM Asia Awards 2019 — is the prestigious awards otherwise known as the “Oscars of the Asian real estate world”, and NIELSTORP+ architects is the sole Nordic winner at this year’s awards with Niels A. Torp as Chief Design Officer on the project. At the awards ceremony Project Manager Øyvind Neslein accepted the award on his behalf.

We won the architectural competition for the design of the 245 000m² headquarters for 15 000 employees, labeled “The home of China Eastern Airlines” at Hongqiao Airport, Shanghai. The project was completed in 2018.

NIELSTORP+ architects announces new partners and new general manager

17. oktober 2019/i Ukategorisert /av Bente Ulvoy

The architectural office announces a new ownership structure with four new partners; Gaute Grønmo, Torkel Hiorth, Cesar Leal and Hanne Ugedahl Solheim. The operation of the office is further professionalized with Bente Ulvøy as new general manager.

NIELSTORP + architects was fully owned and managed by Niels A. Torp, until 2013 and 2015, when Øyvind Neslein and Tord Kvien were incorporated as partners in the company.

Now the office has further strengthened its market position with adding four new specialist partners and a new general manager, with Niels A. Torp continuing as Chief Design Officer.

NIELSTORP + architects is moving forward with a new partner group strengthened for a digital future and focusing on the green shift.

The company will continue to focus on high quality architecture, social urban spaces and materials. The Cicignon Park project in Fredrikstad, whith a collaboration with NMBU on circular economics, urban agriculture and smart city solutions, is a good example of how innovation and professional collaboration will continue to be implemented.

From the office’s Green Resource Department come three partners;

Torkel Hiorth has been the project manager for some of the office’s largest projects, and has great expertise in terrain formation and building physics. Cesar Leal is a key driver of our environmental commitment, with BREEAM certification and broad international experience.
Hanne Ugedahl Solheim has for a number of years played a central role in the office’s production with thorough and good detail, material use and design language.
Also, new partner Gaute Grønmo is instrumental in the continuous work on the office’s BIM efforts, VR, AR and other 3D design.

The new general manager, Bente Ulvøy, has considerable experience from finance and project management and has been the financial and administrative manager of the company since 2013.

“We will continue to deliver architecture of the highest quality, and I believe the new partners will bring new energy into the company’s management. Bente has proven to be a key resource for the office’s business development and will continue to focus on the overall running of the office,” says Niels A. Torp, Chief Design Officer.