Villreinsenter, Dovre

Wild Reindeer Center contrasts what most would expect to find when on excursion in the Norwegian Alps! The building can be described as a box of rough solid steel with openings cut and replaced with glass and wood.

The interior is one big solid wood structure that forms a back wall and comfortable seats overlooking the spectacular view of the Dovre plateau and the snow covered mountain Snøhetta.

The glass façade is a single low iron glass that creates an almost invisible shield between the protected inside and the sometimes hostile but breathtakingly beautiful outside.

Read more:
www.arkitektnytt.no
www.worldarchitecturefestival.com,
www.snohetta.com/projects/viewpoint-snohetta

Photo credit: diephotodesign.de