About 4

Our work strives to enhance our sense of surroundings, identity and relationship to others and the physical spaces we inhabit

Snøhetta is a transdisciplinary, dialogue-driven practice including architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, art, product design, graphic and digital design, often integrating a combination of interests across our projects. We share our name with a beautiful, remote, and historically important mountain in central Norway.

Snøhetta is a place nobody is from, but anyone can experience. Creating places for societies to connect with each other and with the world around them is a primary motivation in our work. Dialogue and diversity empower this approach.

Our first significant commission was in 1989 for Bibliotheca Alexandrina, reviving the ancient library in Alexandria, Egypt. This was followed by commissions for the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo and the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion at the World Trade Center in New York City. Since those early projects, many other internationally acclaimed works have been realized around the globe.

Our office

Studio spaces

Human interaction shapes the spaces and products we design and how we work. The design of our studio spaces reflects this same idea. Our offices are open and welcoming, facilitating both focused thinking and energized interaction.

Collaboration

A horizontal organizational structure and open flow of information between colleagues are core to our culture. Our office layouts are non-hierarchical, allowing all employees – regardless of role or profession – to sit together in an open studio.