Amundsen and Nansen
Architecture with the sea as its closest neighbour.
Award-winning architecture in our project portfolio.
Manshausen – Two Towers / Amundsen and Nansen
Architizer A+Awards 2024 · Jury Winner & Popular Winner
Architect: Snorre Stinessen Architecture ↗
View the award at Architizer ↗- Popular Winner: Sustainable Hospitality Building
- Jury Winner: Architecture +Environment
Architecture with the sea as its closest neighbour.
Mass timber, glass roofs and charred timber cladding give the two buildings their distinctive expression. Inside, large glass surfaces open the rooms towards the sea.
The recurring meeting of timber and glass gives the project its character. Realising such details requires architectural intent and building expertise to work together.
Amundsen and Nansen.
The sea, the sky and the details.
View the towers at by Stinessen ↗Two striking towers on Manshausen. Dark timber cladding gives the façades character, while mass timber and large glass surfaces create warm spaces close to the sea and sky. Explore the architecture outside and the experience within.
Architect: Snorre Stinessen Architecture. Images from the architect's presentation of Manshausen – Two Towers.
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↗Manshausen – Two Towers · Source: by Stinessen.
View larger image ↗Open to the sea
↗Manshausen – Two Towers · Source: by Stinessen.
View larger image ↗A room with a view
↗Manshausen – Two Towers · Source: by Stinessen.
View larger image ↗Timber, glass and light
↗Manshausen – Two Towers · Source: by Stinessen.
View larger image ↗Beneath the northern lights
↗Manshausen – Two Towers · Source: by Stinessen.
View larger image ↗Distinctive forms
↗Manshausen – Two Towers · Source: by Stinessen.
View larger image ↗Close to the sea
↗Manshausen – Two Towers · Source: by Stinessen.
View larger image ↗Materials with character
↗Manshausen – Two Towers · Source: by Stinessen.
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