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Reiulf Daniel Ramstad
Profile
Reiulf Ramstad Architects (RRA) is an independent Oslo-based architectural firm with a high level of expert knowledge and a distinct ideology. The firm has a strong conceptual approach combined with experience from past-accomplished projects. RRA has a permanent staff consisting of 13 graduate architects, one managing director, two administrative staff, and 2-4 permanent openings for architectural students.
Over the years, RRA has produced a wide range of innovative and groundbreaking projects with an exceptional variation of scale and program. We have earned a reputation for creating bold, simple architecture with a strong connection to the Scandinavian context and the impressive Scandinavian landscape in particular. Common for all our projects are that they are driven by a genuine dedication to humanist values. We build in both urban and rural areas, all over Norway and recently our projects are increasingly gaining attention outside of Norway.
Design Skills, Innovation and Artistic vision
As architects and designers, we are fortunate to experience the overall process, from the first conceptual phase to the completion of high quality projects. The firm has shown a multitude of approaches in solving assignments, both nationally and internationally and has received numerous awards and recognitions for its projects. RRA’s unconventional approach to problem solving always results in unexpected yet inspirational architecture with high artistic quality.
RRA works with the environment in mind in all our projects, both in terms of planning and administration. RRA is very concerned that projects are planned with solutions that are environmentally progressive in relation to the operation, maintenance, energy use, functionality, flexibility and the context. We focus on efficient use of energy and follow up with the latest technology in the field.
Our special competence is in balancing practical aspects of architecture such as technical and economic demands while maintaining the underlying concept throughout. We are eager to find pragmatic solutions with users as well as technical consultants, at the same time we are passionate to maintain and make sure that the original concept is carried through in the end result.
Experience
RRA is one of the few studios in Norway today with such a degree of diverse assignments. The projects are geographically spread and take place in a manifold of contexts, from compact urban locations to dramatic and uncultivated landscapes. The portfolio of the office contains commissions with huge contrasts in relation to scale, context, budget and demands of function.
RRA has experience of producing complex buildings for intricate city center from our Tønsberg Town Hall project where the building is placed in the center of historical town of Tønsberg, Norway, University College Østfold project which is located in old cultural landscape, and Cultural Center Stjørdal, a cultural center with new approach both in terms of complex functionality and overall concept.
Execution of the design and construction process
RRA has developed a dialog-based process for project development where the clients and users are very important resources and act as key contributors. We place great importance on maintaining a close dialogue with different user groups as well as other consultants to ensure good and functional solutions with a high degree of usability. It has been a successful working process that results in good working relationship in project groups. We have experience in working with bigger project where we are able to maintain budget and time frame through efficient and close-up project management. We have received high scores in clients’ satisfaction in our projects, some with the project period nearly 10 years.
RRA also has routine of producing a status report for each project phase, a very useful tool to communicate internally in the project group and has dedicated staff members with high graphic skills to produce communication materials to the media such as presentation materials of high quality that we use for various international lectures and publications.
Clear Thinking, Bold Design
The RRA philosophy is to create contemporary architecture characterized by clarity of thought. Clarity depends on two things: analysis and decisiveness. The first is a matter of method, the second one of mind-set. When a sensitive interpretation of a location yields a set of essential characters, this opens up for creative decisiveness. We believe that outstanding architecture is defined by clear and simple ruptures that bring attention to the transitions. This invokes presence and attention rather than the ambiguous comfort of familiarity and standardization.
With the uniqueness of every site and context as our point of departure, we employ a distinct and limited architectural palette characterized by a strong focus on natural materials and a sense of a location’s individual spatiality. Each project becomes a unique departure when highly individual design emerges from a set of clearly defined and controlled elements. RRA’s architecture is distinguished by innovative tectonic forms that interpret the spatial continuity between exterior and interior landscapes in new ways.
The design-approach further concentrates on function as an open term, and seeks to articulate spatial solutions that reflect both diversity and the notion of continuous change. Architecture must accommodate the restless mind of human society by way of functional flexibility, but at the same time it must counter the acceleration and unrest by manifesting tranquility and timeless belonging.
Clarity of thought engenders bold design. RRA’s architecture seeks to expose the tension between the local and the global, the natural and the artificial; between virtual and real space and between immobility and change. We believe that it is from decisiveness about the tensions that great architecture is born.
Place
A place is not simply an aggregate of physical elements and conditions. It is not an object, however complex, to be viewed as raw material for the architect’s creative will. A place is indivisible; it is unique and has a distinct expressivity of its own. Therefore, architecture must always acknowledge the innate character of every location and make its design a marriage of place and concept. At RRA, we believe that architecture must be instructed by the uniqueness of its location in such a way that the building highlights the place and the place rests in the building. This mutual act of accentuation will often clarify the physical situation of a given location: architecture can organize impressions and make a place stand forth.
Form, Structure, Geometry, Materiality and Transition
Form cannot be created. Form is the overall character that arises from the parts and factors of architecture. When the architect is mindful of every parameter that leads to form- and masters the interplay of these factors – it means that the many things are also thought as one. What ensues is the architectural gift of identity. Architectural form is the product of a set of parameters that are equally important in the project development phase. RRA’s architectural objective is always to materialize a distinct identity where overall design, details, spatiality and transitions are developed according to a conscious project strategy.
At RRA, we realize that the twin objectives of uncompromising quality and distinct identity entail that project development must be a carefully managed process where every aspect and detail receives the necessary attention. We believe that the architect must be mindful of the entirety at every stage. When nothing is left to coincidence or haste, architecture becomes a matter of a fully mastered complexity.
Biography
Reiulf Daniel Ramstad, Sivilarkitekt MNAL
Graduated from Facolta di Architettura, Universita di Genova and Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Italia 1991. Reiulf Ramstad is the principal owner and managing director in Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter AS (RRA), which was established as a firm in 1995. Between 1991 and 1995 he worked as assistant professor, lecturer, and thesis advisor at the faculty of Architecture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) where he held basic and advance courses for “Complex buildings” and “Project Management” for beginners, advanced, and Thesis levels.
He was a regular thesis advisor in the Faculty of Architecture between 1993 and 1995, a regular juror in the same Faculty between 1997 and 2003, and in addition, a regular thesis juror in the Faculty in the period between 2001 and 2006. Ramstad was awarded professor competence from the Oslo School of Architecture - and Design(AHO) in 2004. He is appointed as a regular thesis juror at AHO from 2008 to 2011.
Apart from his academic work at NTNU, he was also engaged in his own architectural practice as a partner in “Steen Ramstad Bryn Arkitekter AS” between 1993 and 1995. Reiulf Ramstad established his own architectural firm (RRA) in Oslo in 1995. Ramstad has received numerous awards for his architectural and design practice. In addition to a number of prizes in architectural competitions, some other prizes included are: “1. Premio Gino Valle” in Venice,” Foundation Norsk Forms prize in Field of Design and Architecture”, and ”The Norwegian Award for Design Excellence”. His furniture design and many of RRA’s projects have been exhibited in Norway and abroad.
He initiated and developed the concept for the first Architectural Triennial in Oslo in 2000. He also represented Norway at the Nordic pavilion at the Architectural Biennale in Venice in 2001. Ramstad was acclaimed professionally as boardmember of NAL, the National Association of Norwegian Architects, in the period between 1997 and 2000. In 2000-2002 he was appointed vice president. He has served as a jury member for many architectural competitions both domestically and internationally.
Philosophy
Clarity of thought engenders bold design. RRA’s architecture seeks to expose the tension between the local and the global, the natural and the artificial; between virtual and real space and between immobility and change. We believe that it is from decisiveness about the tensions and transitions that great architecture is born.
The RRA philosophy is to create contemporary architecture characterized by clarity of thought. Clarity depends on two things: analysis and decisiveness. The first is a matter of method, the second one of mind-set. When a sensitive interpretation of a location yields a set of essential characters, this opens up for creative decisiveness.
With the uniqueness of every site and context as our point of departure we employ a distinct and limited architectural palette characterized by a strong focus on natural materials and a sense of a location’s individual spatiality. Each project becomes a unique departure when highly individual design emerges from a set of clearly defined and controlled elements. RRA’s architecture is distinguished by innovative tectonic forms that interpret the spatial continuity between exterior and interior landscapes in new ways. This is underscored by material choices and structural solutions that purposely express the possibilities and natural qualities of specific materials.
On a basis of careful attunement to the unique location, a structure must also express global references and adhere to the specific program. We believe that the fault-lines between these two perspectives should be underscored rather than blurred, and that outstanding architecture is defined by clear and simple ruptures that bring attention to the transitions. This invokes presence and attention rather than the ambiguous comfort of familiarity and standardization.
The design-approach further concentrates on function as an open term, and seeks to articulate spatial solutions that reflect both diversity and the notion of continuous change. Architecture must accommodate the restless mind of human society by way of functional flexibility, but at the same time it must counter the acceleration and unrest by manifesting tranquillity and timeless belonging.
Publications
Magazines and websites frequently publish the office globally in Europe, Asia and America, as well as collaborating with international publishers for monographic books about RRA:
2013 - Hatje Cantz publication with selected projects and academic essays
2012 - Monograph.IT-issue featuring complete project portfolio
Awards
2017 Architizer A+Awards jury winner, Romsdal Folk Museum
2017 European Steel Design Award, Stjørdal Cultural Center
2016 European Prize for Architecture, The Mies Van Der Rohe Award for Romsdal Folk Museum
2016 Split View Mountain Lodge and Community Church Knarvik won The German Design Awards 2016
2015 Norwegian Concrete Award, The Cultural Center Stjørdal, Norway
2015 Architizer A + Awarded “ Firm of The Year 2014” , NYC May 2015
2015 Architizer A + Award, winner in category religious architecture
2014 Jacob Prisen - an Award for excellence in Design and Architecture - Norsk Design- og Arkitektursenter
2014 A.C Houens Fonds Award - considered one of the foremost architecture awards in Norway
2014 Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award
2014 Winner of European Concrete Award in category “Building”, Trollstigen National Tourist Route
2014 2nd place- European Concrete Award in category “Civil Engineering”, Selvika National Tourist Route
2014 Special mention- fib Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures, Trollstigen National Tourist Route
2014 Nominated for Architizer A+ Awards, Selvika National Tourist Route
2013 Norwegian Concrete Award, Selvika Havøysund National Tourist Route
2013 Norwegian Steel Award, Trollstigen, National Tourist Route
2013 European Steel Construction Award 2013, Trollstigen, National Tourist Route
2013 The International Architecture Award for 2013 for National Tourist Route Trollstigen
2013 Architizer A+ Awards: most awarded single project, including both Popular choice and Jury awards for two categories: Landscape/Parks and Institutional/Government Buildings
2013 Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award
2012 Norwegian Concrete Award
2012 WAN award for leading architects for the 21st Century
2011 Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award
2011 Nominated for Oslo City Architecture Award
2011 Nominated for The Norwegian Governments Building Award
2010 Nominated for Oslo City Architecture Award
2010 One of five finalists for Norwegian Design Award
2009-2010 Sundt’s Award for private building in Oslo
2009 ArchDaily’s Building of the Year Award
2007 Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award
Exhibitions and Lectures
Selected lectures include at internationally recognized universities in Glasgow (UK), Ghent (BE), Lyon and Strasbourg (FR), Guangdong, Gouangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing (CN), Alaska, Philadelphia and New York (US). Our most recent exhibitions, seminars and lecture series in Europe, America, and Asia, include:
2018 “In the World of an Architect, Reiulf Ramstad Architects” at the Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark.
2018 “Remoteness, Reiulf Ramstad Architects Oslo” at La Galerie d’Architecture Paris, France.
2017 Lecture in Architekturforum, the Architecture Biennial in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2016 Lecture At The Danish Architects’ Association, Copenhagen
2016 Reiulf Ramstad was elevated to Honorary Fellow of The College of Fellows, The AIA (USA)
2013 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
2012 The World Architecture Congress, Dubai, key note speaker
2012 7th Biennial of Landscape Architecture, Barcelona, key note speaker
2012 13th International Biennale of Architecture, Venice, part of exhibition Lighthouses.
2012 The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London, lecture and exhibition
2012 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, part of exhibition New Nordic with Trollstigen featuring cover of catalogue and poster
2012 Transforming Landscapes, travelling exhibition on RRAs works invited to Paris, Brussels, Ghent and Copenhagen (2011), Glasgow and Sofia (2012)
2012 Norwegian Contemporary Architecture 2000-2005, part of touring exhibition for five years
2012 Danish Architecture Center (DAC), Copenhagen, part of exhibition DETOUR with two selected projects by Reiulf Ramstad Architects and Peter Zumpthor
2011 The Gwangju Festival of Architecture & Urban Culture, South-Korea, lecture and exhibition
2010 Norway – Powered by Nature, part of exhibition Norwegian Pavilion at the Expo 2010, Shanghai
2000 7th International Biennale of Architecture, Venice, part of exhibition Less Aesthetics, More Ethics
Reiulf Ramstad is a permanent thesis critic at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, 2008-2012, and formerly at The Norwegian School of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2001-2006.
Main Publications
The office is frequently published by magazines and websites globally; in Europe, Asia and America, as well as
collaborating with international publishers for monographic books about RRA:
2018: Hatje Cantz, Reiulf Ramstad Architects Contours & Horizons
2013 Hatje Cantz publication with selected projects and academic essays
2012 Monograph.IT-issue featuring complete project portfolio
Reiulf Daniel Ramstad
Profile
Reiulf Ramstad Architects (RRA) is an independent Oslo-based architectural firm with a high level of expert knowledge and a distinct ideology. The firm has a strong conceptual approach combined with experience from past-accomplished projects. RRA has a permanent staff consisting of 13 graduate architects, one managing director, two administrative staff, and 2-4 permanent openings for architectural students.
Over the years, RRA has produced a wide range of innovative and groundbreaking projects with an exceptional variation of scale and program. We have earned a reputation for creating bold, simple architecture with a strong connection to the Scandinavian context and the impressive Scandinavian landscape in particular. Common for all our projects are that they are driven by a genuine dedication to humanist values. We build in both urban and rural areas, all over Norway and recently our projects are increasingly gaining attention outside of Norway.
Design Skills, Innovation and Artistic vision
As architects and designers, we are fortunate to experience the overall process, from the first conceptual phase to the completion of high quality projects. The firm has shown a multitude of approaches in solving assignments, both nationally and internationally and has received numerous awards and recognitions for its projects. RRA’s unconventional approach to problem solving always results in unexpected yet inspirational architecture with high artistic quality.
RRA works with the environment in mind in all our projects, both in terms of planning and administration. RRA is very concerned that projects are planned with solutions that are environmentally progressive in relation to the operation, maintenance, energy use, functionality, flexibility and the context. We focus on efficient use of energy and follow up with the latest technology in the field.
Our special competence is in balancing practical aspects of architecture such as technical and economic demands while maintaining the underlying concept throughout. We are eager to find pragmatic solutions with users as well as technical consultants, at the same time we are passionate to maintain and make sure that the original concept is carried through in the end result.
Experience
RRA is one of the few studios in Norway today with such a degree of diverse assignments. The projects are geographically spread and take place in a manifold of contexts, from compact urban locations to dramatic and uncultivated landscapes. The portfolio of the office contains commissions with huge contrasts in relation to scale, context, budget and demands of function.
RRA has experience of producing complex buildings for intricate city center from our Tønsberg Town Hall project where the building is placed in the center of historical town of Tønsberg, Norway, University College Østfold project which is located in old cultural landscape, and Cultural Center Stjørdal, a cultural center with new approach both in terms of complex functionality and overall concept.
Execution of the design and construction process
RRA has developed a dialog-based process for project development where the clients and users are very important resources and act as key contributors. We place great importance on maintaining a close dialogue with different user groups as well as other consultants to ensure good and functional solutions with a high degree of usability. It has been a successful working process that results in good working relationship in project groups. We have experience in working with bigger project where we are able to maintain budget and time frame through efficient and close-up project management. We have received high scores in clients’ satisfaction in our projects, some with the project period nearly 10 years.
RRA also has routine of producing a status report for each project phase, a very useful tool to communicate internally in the project group and has dedicated staff members with high graphic skills to produce communication materials to the media such as presentation materials of high quality that we use for various international lectures and publications.
Clear Thinking, Bold Design
The RRA philosophy is to create contemporary architecture characterized by clarity of thought. Clarity depends on two things: analysis and decisiveness. The first is a matter of method, the second one of mind-set. When a sensitive interpretation of a location yields a set of essential characters, this opens up for creative decisiveness. We believe that outstanding architecture is defined by clear and simple ruptures that bring attention to the transitions. This invokes presence and attention rather than the ambiguous comfort of familiarity and standardization.
With the uniqueness of every site and context as our point of departure, we employ a distinct and limited architectural palette characterized by a strong focus on natural materials and a sense of a location’s individual spatiality. Each project becomes a unique departure when highly individual design emerges from a set of clearly defined and controlled elements. RRA’s architecture is distinguished by innovative tectonic forms that interpret the spatial continuity between exterior and interior landscapes in new ways.
The design-approach further concentrates on function as an open term, and seeks to articulate spatial solutions that reflect both diversity and the notion of continuous change. Architecture must accommodate the restless mind of human society by way of functional flexibility, but at the same time it must counter the acceleration and unrest by manifesting tranquility and timeless belonging.
Clarity of thought engenders bold design. RRA’s architecture seeks to expose the tension between the local and the global, the natural and the artificial; between virtual and real space and between immobility and change. We believe that it is from decisiveness about the tensions that great architecture is born.
Place
A place is not simply an aggregate of physical elements and conditions. It is not an object, however complex, to be viewed as raw material for the architect’s creative will. A place is indivisible; it is unique and has a distinct expressivity of its own. Therefore, architecture must always acknowledge the innate character of every location and make its design a marriage of place and concept. At RRA, we believe that architecture must be instructed by the uniqueness of its location in such a way that the building highlights the place and the place rests in the building. This mutual act of accentuation will often clarify the physical situation of a given location: architecture can organize impressions and make a place stand forth.
Form, Structure, Geometry, Materiality and Transition
Form cannot be created. Form is the overall character that arises from the parts and factors of architecture. When the architect is mindful of every parameter that leads to form- and masters the interplay of these factors – it means that the many things are also thought as one. What ensues is the architectural gift of identity. Architectural form is the product of a set of parameters that are equally important in the project development phase. RRA’s architectural objective is always to materialize a distinct identity where overall design, details, spatiality and transitions are developed according to a conscious project strategy.
At RRA, we realize that the twin objectives of uncompromising quality and distinct identity entail that project development must be a carefully managed process where every aspect and detail receives the necessary attention. We believe that the architect must be mindful of the entirety at every stage. When nothing is left to coincidence or haste, architecture becomes a matter of a fully mastered complexity.
Biography
Reiulf Daniel Ramstad, Sivilarkitekt MNAL
Graduated from Facolta di Architettura, Universita di Genova and Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Italia 1991. Reiulf Ramstad is the principal owner and managing director in Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter AS (RRA), which was established as a firm in 1995. Between 1991 and 1995 he worked as assistant professor, lecturer, and thesis advisor at the faculty of Architecture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) where he held basic and advance courses for “Complex buildings” and “Project Management” for beginners, advanced, and Thesis levels.
He was a regular thesis advisor in the Faculty of Architecture between 1993 and 1995, a regular juror in the same Faculty between 1997 and 2003, and in addition, a regular thesis juror in the Faculty in the period between 2001 and 2006. Ramstad was awarded professor competence from the Oslo School of Architecture - and Design(AHO) in 2004. He is appointed as a regular thesis juror at AHO from 2008 to 2011.
Apart from his academic work at NTNU, he was also engaged in his own architectural practice as a partner in “Steen Ramstad Bryn Arkitekter AS” between 1993 and 1995. Reiulf Ramstad established his own architectural firm (RRA) in Oslo in 1995. Ramstad has received numerous awards for his architectural and design practice. In addition to a number of prizes in architectural competitions, some other prizes included are: “1. Premio Gino Valle” in Venice,” Foundation Norsk Forms prize in Field of Design and Architecture”, and ”The Norwegian Award for Design Excellence”. His furniture design and many of RRA’s projects have been exhibited in Norway and abroad.
He initiated and developed the concept for the first Architectural Triennial in Oslo in 2000. He also represented Norway at the Nordic pavilion at the Architectural Biennale in Venice in 2001. Ramstad was acclaimed professionally as boardmember of NAL, the National Association of Norwegian Architects, in the period between 1997 and 2000. In 2000-2002 he was appointed vice president. He has served as a jury member for many architectural competitions both domestically and internationally.
Philosophy
Clarity of thought engenders bold design. RRA’s architecture seeks to expose the tension between the local and the global, the natural and the artificial; between virtual and real space and between immobility and change. We believe that it is from decisiveness about the tensions and transitions that great architecture is born.
The RRA philosophy is to create contemporary architecture characterized by clarity of thought. Clarity depends on two things: analysis and decisiveness. The first is a matter of method, the second one of mind-set. When a sensitive interpretation of a location yields a set of essential characters, this opens up for creative decisiveness.
With the uniqueness of every site and context as our point of departure we employ a distinct and limited architectural palette characterized by a strong focus on natural materials and a sense of a location’s individual spatiality. Each project becomes a unique departure when highly individual design emerges from a set of clearly defined and controlled elements. RRA’s architecture is distinguished by innovative tectonic forms that interpret the spatial continuity between exterior and interior landscapes in new ways. This is underscored by material choices and structural solutions that purposely express the possibilities and natural qualities of specific materials.
On a basis of careful attunement to the unique location, a structure must also express global references and adhere to the specific program. We believe that the fault-lines between these two perspectives should be underscored rather than blurred, and that outstanding architecture is defined by clear and simple ruptures that bring attention to the transitions. This invokes presence and attention rather than the ambiguous comfort of familiarity and standardization.
The design-approach further concentrates on function as an open term, and seeks to articulate spatial solutions that reflect both diversity and the notion of continuous change. Architecture must accommodate the restless mind of human society by way of functional flexibility, but at the same time it must counter the acceleration and unrest by manifesting tranquillity and timeless belonging.
Publications
Magazines and websites frequently publish the office globally in Europe, Asia and America, as well as collaborating with international publishers for monographic books about RRA:
2013 - Hatje Cantz publication with selected projects and academic essays
2012 - Monograph.IT-issue featuring complete project portfolio
Awards
2017 Architizer A+Awards jury winner, Romsdal Folk Museum
2017 European Steel Design Award, Stjørdal Cultural Center
2016 European Prize for Architecture, The Mies Van Der Rohe Award for Romsdal Folk Museum
2016 Split View Mountain Lodge and Community Church Knarvik won The German Design Awards 2016
2015 Norwegian Concrete Award, The Cultural Center Stjørdal, Norway
2015 Architizer A + Awarded “ Firm of The Year 2014” , NYC May 2015
2015 Architizer A + Award, winner in category religious architecture
2014 Jacob Prisen - an Award for excellence in Design and Architecture - Norsk Design- og Arkitektursenter
2014 A.C Houens Fonds Award - considered one of the foremost architecture awards in Norway
2014 Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award
2014 Winner of European Concrete Award in category “Building”, Trollstigen National Tourist Route
2014 2nd place- European Concrete Award in category “Civil Engineering”, Selvika National Tourist Route
2014 Special mention- fib Awards for Outstanding Concrete Structures, Trollstigen National Tourist Route
2014 Nominated for Architizer A+ Awards, Selvika National Tourist Route
2013 Norwegian Concrete Award, Selvika Havøysund National Tourist Route
2013 Norwegian Steel Award, Trollstigen, National Tourist Route
2013 European Steel Construction Award 2013, Trollstigen, National Tourist Route
2013 The International Architecture Award for 2013 for National Tourist Route Trollstigen
2013 Architizer A+ Awards: most awarded single project, including both Popular choice and Jury awards for two categories: Landscape/Parks and Institutional/Government Buildings
2013 Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award
2012 Norwegian Concrete Award
2012 WAN award for leading architects for the 21st Century
2011 Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award
2011 Nominated for Oslo City Architecture Award
2011 Nominated for The Norwegian Governments Building Award
2010 Nominated for Oslo City Architecture Award
2010 One of five finalists for Norwegian Design Award
2009-2010 Sundt’s Award for private building in Oslo
2009 ArchDaily’s Building of the Year Award
2007 Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award
Exhibitions and Lectures
Selected lectures include at internationally recognized universities in Glasgow (UK), Ghent (BE), Lyon and Strasbourg (FR), Guangdong, Gouangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing (CN), Alaska, Philadelphia and New York (US). Our most recent exhibitions, seminars and lecture series in Europe, America, and Asia, include:
2018 “In the World of an Architect, Reiulf Ramstad Architects” at the Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark.
2018 “Remoteness, Reiulf Ramstad Architects Oslo” at La Galerie d’Architecture Paris, France.
2017 Lecture in Architekturforum, the Architecture Biennial in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2016 Lecture At The Danish Architects’ Association, Copenhagen
2016 Reiulf Ramstad was elevated to Honorary Fellow of The College of Fellows, The AIA (USA)
2013 The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
2012 The World Architecture Congress, Dubai, key note speaker
2012 7th Biennial of Landscape Architecture, Barcelona, key note speaker
2012 13th International Biennale of Architecture, Venice, part of exhibition Lighthouses.
2012 The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London, lecture and exhibition
2012 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, part of exhibition New Nordic with Trollstigen featuring cover of catalogue and poster
2012 Transforming Landscapes, travelling exhibition on RRAs works invited to Paris, Brussels, Ghent and Copenhagen (2011), Glasgow and Sofia (2012)
2012 Norwegian Contemporary Architecture 2000-2005, part of touring exhibition for five years
2012 Danish Architecture Center (DAC), Copenhagen, part of exhibition DETOUR with two selected projects by Reiulf Ramstad Architects and Peter Zumpthor
2011 The Gwangju Festival of Architecture & Urban Culture, South-Korea, lecture and exhibition
2010 Norway – Powered by Nature, part of exhibition Norwegian Pavilion at the Expo 2010, Shanghai
2000 7th International Biennale of Architecture, Venice, part of exhibition Less Aesthetics, More Ethics
Reiulf Ramstad is a permanent thesis critic at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, 2008-2012, and formerly at The Norwegian School of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2001-2006.
Main Publications
The office is frequently published by magazines and websites globally; in Europe, Asia and America, as well as
collaborating with international publishers for monographic books about RRA:
2018: Hatje Cantz, Reiulf Ramstad Architects Contours & Horizons
2013 Hatje Cantz publication with selected projects and academic essays
2012 Monograph.IT-issue featuring complete project portfolio
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