Helen & Hard
Helen & Hard was founded in 1996 in Stavanger by the Norwegian architect Siv Helene Stangeland and Austrian architect Reinhard Kropf. Today, 26 employees from 10 nations work in the practice’s offices in Stavanger and Oslo. Helen & Hard have become known in recent years for their sustainable timber buildings, many of which were created in collaboration with the Swiss engineer Hermann Blumer. In 2010, Helen & Hard designed the Norwegian Pavilion for the Expo in Shanghai. Their library in Grimstad in southern Norway was completed in 2017. The timber structure incorporates the pre-existing reinforced concrete frame of a former police station.
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Preview of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
At a time when reason and foresight are becoming less influential in world affairs, this Architecture Biennale may be just the response we need. Carlo Ratti, the Biennale Director, will be staging his exhibition “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective” at the Giardini and the Arsenale, as well as many other locations in Venice, from 10 May 2025. Will this Architecture Biennale offer fresh insights into the critical issues of our time?
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Revitalised 1970s building
Innoasis Office Building in Stavanger by Helen & Hard
Even after its refurbishment by Helen & Hard, the administration building in Stavanger, Norway remains a product of the 1970s. But a radical transformation has taken place in the interior, where a wealth of wood and more natural light now ensure greater amenity value.
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Exhibition at Copenhagen’s DAC
Women in Architecture
The Women in Architecture exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen counteracts the invisibility of women in architecture and presents works by Danish and contemporary female architects.
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All in a cluster: Norwegian secondary school by PPAG architects and Helen & Hard
In Sauland, Norway, PPAG architects has executed the new secondary school in collaboration with Helen & Hard.
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Wood on a Large Scale: Finansparken in Stavanger by Helen & Hard and SAAHA
With the headquarters of the SR Bank in Stavanger, Helen & Hard and SAAHA have now achieved a new high point of contemporary architecture in wood.
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Museum extension at the foot of mountain: Navet by Helen & Hard Architects
Designed by Helen & Hard Architects as a glazed wooden extension to Vest Agder Museum, Navet links a harbour with wooded landscape on the island of Odderøya.
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A Linking Element: Library in Grimstad
With this municipal library in the south of Norway, Helen & Hard have created a cultural meeting place that functions as a hinge in the local urban planning.
