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.

© Mark Syke

Architects: Snøhetta

Location: Lillehammer, Norway

Architects In Charge: Sigrun Aunan, Julie Aars

Area: 1700.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Mark Syke, Snøhetta & Ketil Jacobsen

Artist: BÃ¥rd Breivik

© Mark Syke

From the architect. 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.
© Mark Syke

Axonometric

© 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. In 1994, Snøhetta completed an extension to the Museum with the construc...