24.04.2024

SLA wins landscape for Norway's new Ibsen Library

We are very happy to share that SLA has won the assignment to develop and realize the landscape for Norway’s new Ibsen Library (Ibsensbiblioteket) in Skien.

The new Ibsen Library will become a unique cultural institution, combining a national exhibition center for Norwegian playwright icon Henrik Ibsen with a citizen service center, a new library, and a lush public park.

For the assignment, SLA has been chosen to develop the library’s landscape with a special focus on establishing both a welcoming gathering place for Skien and a new destination for Norway – with unique biological, social, and aesthetic qualities.

The landscape for the new Ibsen Library will be a welcoming gathering place for the city of Skien as well as a new cultural destination in itself with space for events, exhibitions, and theater.

We look very much forward to the continued process with the designers of the building Kengo Kuma & Associates and Mad arkitekter, our client Skien Kommune, and our team with Backe Vestfold Telemark AS, Norconsult, and Viam Norge AS.

Find more info (in Norwegian) here.

Visualizations: Kengo Kuma + Mad Arkitekter, ©MIR

31.01.2025

Grønningen-Bispeparken wins Årets Arne 2025

We are incredibly proud and delighted to share that our Grønningen-Bispeparken has won Årets Arne 2025 – the most prestigious architecture award given by the Danish Architecture Association (Arkitektforeningen) in Copenhagen.

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27.01.2025

Pickering to be transferred into Rouge National Urban Park

We are beyond thrilled to share that the Government of Canada today announced the transfer of the Pickering Lands into an Expanded Rouge National Urban Park.

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22.01.2025

New book: Critique of the Aesthetic Sense of Nature

We are pleased to present ‘Critique of the Aesthetic Sense of Nature’ – the new book by SLA founding partner Stig L. Andersson.

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