Oslo Opera House

The Opera House in Bjørvika in February 2007

The New National Opera House is currently under construction at the head of the Oslofjord, in Bjørvika. Its builder is Statsbygg, a government-run property owner, and architects were Norwegian architects Snøhetta, winning an international architecture competition. The acoustic designers are BrekkeStrandArup, a joint venture between local consultant Brekke Strand Akustikk and international acousticians Arup Acoustics. Norwegian construction company Veidekke was awarded one of the largest building contracts of the project. The future user of the building will be the Norwegian National Opera.

The structure will provide a total area of 38,500 m² spanning 1100 rooms, one of which will have 1,350 seats and one with up to 400 seats.

The Opera House will, if all goes right, be finished in 2007 with the opening event planned for the Spring of 2008. Total expenditures for the building project is set at NOK 4 billion (approx. $ 700 million).

Gallery

• The Opera House during construction - photographed in 2005 from the seaside. Photo:Tomasz Sienicki
  The Opera House during construction - photographed in 2005 from the seaside.
  Photo:Tomasz Sienicki
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  The Opera House in Bjørvika being built, June 7, 2005.
  Photo:J.P. Fagerback
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  The Opera House during construction, Autumn 2006
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  The Opera House seen from Ekeberg still during construction, February 3, 2007.
  Photo: J.P. Fagerback

External links

• Norwegian National Opera web pages about the Opera (Norwegian)
  • Web camera and movies about the Opera project
• Artworks at the new Opera House
• Snøhetta's web pages about the Opera
• Statsbygg's brochure about the Opera
• Veidekke's web pages about the Opera (Norwegian)

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