sn hetta . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message sn hetta type architecture landscape architecture interiors graphic design and branding founded 1989 website http www.snohetta.com bibliotheca alexandrina oslo opera house lillehammer art museum james b. hunt jr. library north carolina sn hetta norwegian pronunciation sn h t is an international architecture landscape architecture interior design and brand design office based in oslo norway and new york city with studios in san francisco california innsbruck austria singapore and stockholm sweden . craig edward dykers and kjetil tr dal thorsen are the two founding partners of the company . sn hetta has approximately 150 designers working on projects around the world . sn hetta has received the world architecture award for the bibliotheca alexandrina and the oslo opera house and the aga khan award for architecture for the bibliotheca alexandrina . 1 since its completion in 2008 the oslo opera house has also garnered the mies van der rohe award 2 and the edra environmental design research association great places award as well as the european prize for urban public space 3 the international architecture award 4 and the global award for sustainable architecture 5 in 2010 . contents 1 history 2 links with education 3 major publications 4 notable works 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1987 the landscape architects inge dahlman berit hartveit and johan stengen contacted landscape architects alf haukeland and architects yvind mo and kjetil tr dal thorsen to join together to make a collaborative studio . the idea was to incorporate architecture and landscape architecture into one design process . the studio was placed above a brown beer hall in storgata in oslo where they used to hang out . the beer hall is called dovrehallen which means the dovre s hall . dovre is the mountain area where sn hetta is the highest peak . the collaborative took the name sn hetta arkitektur landskap . early in 1989 a convergence of events occurred . kjetil thorsen in norway and craig dykers in los angeles had independently discussed working on the egyptian library of alexandria competition together with their mutual colleague christoph kapeller from austria who was now living in los angeles . by the summer of 1989 sn hetta registered for participation in the design competition . at that time craig had established his own small practice focused on collaboration amongst architects and artists in los angeles and had considered carrying out the competition design with another group . however after further discussion this group then agreed they would work on the competition together as a team . in the late summer of 1989 the team completed its self made composition and a larger group of people came together to complete the competition in los angeles . the full team included from norway the architect yvind mo of sn hetta and his friend per morten josefson along with kjetil tr dal thorsen and from los angeles the team included architects craig dykers and christoph kapeller . in addition the architect elaine molinar from la joined the team to assist in the work . the team also worked with the artist jorunn sannes from norway who took on the task of the expression of the outer stone wall . the team also included the art historian cordula mohr to help with the text describing the project . within a period of five weeks the group completed and delivered the competition and won . toward the end of 1989 the alexandria team and the team in oslo at this time also including the architect martin roubik joined together in oslo and the entire group moved into the office space above dovrehallen . this group then agreed to form a new shareholding company called sn hetta arkitektur landskap as with eight equal partners . snohetta designed a model building with lego s architecture studio pieces in a wired magazine project in 2013 . 6 links with education edit craig dykers was invited to lecture at the scott sutherland school of architecture and the built environment in aberdeen scotland ; where he was a visiting lecturer at the 5710 lecture series of 2002 3 . 7 major publications edit sn hetta works . lars m ller publishers . 2009 . isbn 978 3 03778 147 0 . conditions sn hetta architecture interior landscape . lars m ller publishers . 2007 . isbn 978 3 03778 118 0 . sn hetta hus som vil meg hysa kjartan fl gstad 2004 . isbn 978 8 25216 108 3 . 8 notable works edit norwegian national opera and ballet in oslo bibliotheca alexandrina library of alexandria in egypt norwegian embassy in berlin lillehammer art museum in norway times square reconstruction in new york ny national september 11 museum at the world trade center site in new york ny james b. hunt jr. library at north carolina state university in raleigh nc expansion of the san francisco museum of modern art contract awarded ; planned completion in 2016 in san francisco ca 9 calgary central library calgary alberta canada 2018 references edit aga khan award for architecture 2004 . architecture & urbanism magazine . autumn winter 2005 78 79 . european union prize jury proceedings . retrieved 16 october 2015 . hannema kirsten 2010 05 01 . european prize for urban public space . a10 . retrieved 16 october 2015 . the international architecture awards archive 2010 pdf . chicago the chicago athenaeum museum of architecture and design . 2010 . p. 75 . retrieved 16 october 2015 . global award for sustainable architecture winners by years . locus foundation . retrieved 16 october 2015 . vanhemert kyle 2013 10 30 . we asked three world class architects to go crazy with legos . wired . retrieved 16 october 2015 . 5710 society and lecture series 2002 2003 lecture series 1 november 2002 fl gstad kjartan 2004 . sn hetta hus som vil meg hysa . oslo norway samlaget . isbn 9788252161083 . john king 2010 07 21 . sn hetta to design sfmoma s vast new wing . san francisco chronicle . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to sn hetta company . sn hetta official website interview with kjetil t. thorsen video about sn hetta authority control worldcat identities viaf 167835393 gnd 10183130 4 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sn hetta company & oldid 740976720 categories engineering companies of norwaycompanies based in oslocompanies established in 1989architecture firms of norway1989 establishments in norwayhidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2010all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with page title same as on wikidatawikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutscheestiespa olfran aisitalianonederlands norsk bokm lnorsk nynorsksvenska edit links this page was last modified on 24 september 2016 at 15 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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