Lillehammer Art Museum and Cinema, Norwegian Architecture, Scandinavian Building Images
Art Museum and Cinema in Lillehammer
Building Extension in Norway – design by Snøhetta architects
21 Dec 2016
Art Museum and Cinema
Architects: Snøhetta
Location: Lillehammer, Norway
From 1994 ? 2016: Snøhetta designs second expansion to Lillehammer Art Museum and Lillehammer Cinema

image: Mark Syke
Twenty two years after completing the first expansion to the Lillehammer Art Museum, Snøhetta is honored to expand the project yet again, creating a holistic expression for both the art museum and the adjacent cinema. Integration of art plays a central role in all aspects of the project, from the landscape to the program to the buildings themselves.
images: Mark Syke
The Lillehammer Art Museum and Lillehammer Cinema were first established in an Erling Viksjø-designed building in 1964, which is considered today a definite representation of the architectural style of its time.

images: Mark Syke
In 1994, Snøhetta completed an extension to the Museum with the construction of an independent building that sought to bridge the architectural language of the original 1960s buildings and contemporary formal expression. Now, in 2016, a second Snøhetta-designed expansion connects the two existing institutions with the addition of the new exhibition hall Weidemannsalen to the Museum, and two theaters and an interior renovation to the Lillehammer Cinema.

images: Mark Syke
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