Snøhetta Archives - Metropolis

Harvard Opens Snøhetta-Designed Prototype for Super-Sustainable Retrofits

James McCown,

Dubbed HouseZero, the building uses data-collecting sensors, passive ventilation, low embodied energy materials, and geothermal wells, among other strategies.

Just In: Snøhetta Unveils New Design Proposal for Philip Johnson’s AT&T Building

Anna Fixsen,

After its first design proposal for the now-landmarked Postmodern icon incited outcry from preservationists, the firm has revealed a pared-down revision, one that invites history and the public back in.

Snøhetta’s Out-of-This World Design for Norway’s Largest Planetarium

Ethan Tucker,

The campus, set within a dense forest north of Oslo, will include a variety of buildings inspired directly by planets and their orbits.

Inside the Design of Norway’s Most Controversial Building

Alice Bucknell,

Snøhetta’s House to Die In has become one of the most buzzed-about architectural proposals in recent years. Find out how it came to life, and why the controversy cuts so deep into Norwegian culture.

Snøhetta's Gleaming New French Laundry Expansion Prioritizes Chefs as Much as Diners

Anna Fixsen,

The overhaul, which includes a new kitchen and a revamped courtyard for Chef Thomas Keller's famed California restaurant, was inspired by the "complex choreography of the kitchen."

"Hands off My Johnson," Say Architects and Preservationists at AT&T Building Redesign Protest

Zachary Edelson and Anna Fixsen,

Robert A. M. Stern was among those protesting outside Philip Johnson's Postmodern icon on Madison Avenue today.

Snøhetta Will Radically Remodel Philip Johnson's AT&T Building in NYC

Zachary Edelson,

The plan would replace the 1984 Postmodern icon's ground level stone facade with a new, glassy street front.

Snøhetta Reveals Design for Underwater Restaurant

Zachary Edelson,

The restaurant, appropriately named "Under," will be located on the southern tip of Norway's coastline.

Snøhetta Gives Times Square a Sleek New Look

Hinali Shah,

Times Square's latest redesign is uncluttered, clean, and features versatile new furniture, courtesy of a collaboration between Snøhetta and Vestre.

At Snøhetta's Latest Museum, The Cave Paintings Steal the Show

Crystal Bennes,

The new Lascaux 4 museum uses contemporary architecture to reconstruct the moment of the discovery of the prehistoric paintings.

Opinion: The Next Great Public Spaces Will Be Indoors

Kjetil Trædal Thorsen,

Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, the cofounder of Snøhetta, argues architects must begin considering indoor space as just as public as outdoor space.

In Detail: Snøhetta's SFMOMA Expansion

Paul Clemence,

The Norwegian firm has both re-interpreted and made explicit the relationship between artist and community, art and public, visitor and architecture.

Snøhetta Makes the Daily Lunch Break the Central Focus of Its Workplace

Anthony Paletta,

Fewer than 20 percent of American office workers take a lunch break, partly because the average workplace doesn’t have a lunch room. Architecture firm Snøhetta has designed its own offices to accommodate this important activity and make it the central focus of the workday.