Knut Atle Selberg (born 1949, in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
) is a planner,
architect
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, and
urban design
Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, cities, and regional spaces, urban de ...
er with the Selberg Arkitektkontor AS since 1996.
Selberg received his BS in architecture in 1973, his diploma in architecture in 1975, and his Diploma in Urban Design in 1976 at
Scot Sutherland School of Architecture at Garthdee School of Engineering,
Aberdeen
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,
Scotland
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.
Selberg Arkitektkontor is a multi-discipline company working in the fields of
planning
Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. The evolution of forethought, the capacity to think ahead, is c ...
,
landscaping
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# Living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal ...
,
architecture
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, and
analysis
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.
Architectural Projects
*IKEA Store
Leangen, Norway - the largest IKEA store in Norway at 25.000m2 (1996-2002)
*
Lerkendal stadion
The Lerkendal Stadion () is an all-seater football stadium located at Lerkendal in Trondheim, Norway. The home ground of the Eliteserien (2017) side Rosenborg BK, it has a capacity for 21,405 spectators, making it the second-largest football s ...
for the Norwegian football club
Rosenborg BK
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(1996-2002)
Traffic and road design
*E6 Project -
Melhus
Melhus is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus. Other villages include Gåsbakken, Hovin, Korsvegen, Kvål, Ler, Lundamo, ...
,
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...
, Norway (1996-2003)
*Urban design and environmental plan for 2 main roads into
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...
, Norway (1996-2003)
*
Oslo Tunnel (1985-1990)
Bridges
*Leonardo Bridge
Ås, Norway - part of the
Vebjørn Sand Da Vinci Project (1996-2001)
*
Vallsundet Bridge Östersund
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,
Sweden - nominated to “The building of the year” in Sweden in 1999 (1995-1998)
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Askøy Bridge
The Askøy Bridge ( no, Askøybroen) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Byfjorden between the municipalities of Bergen and Askøy in Vestland county, Norway. It is long and has a main span of . Its span was the longest for any suspension b ...
-
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...
to
Askøy
Askøy is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island municipality is located in the Midhordland district of the county, sitting in a large group of islands immediately northwest of the city of Bergen. The administrative centre of the ...
(1991-1996)
*
Evenstad Bridge
Evenstad is a village in Stor-Elvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Glomma river, about south of the village of Koppang. The small village (it had a population of 77 in 2005 according tStatBank is sur ...
- spans the river
Glomma
The Glomma, or Glåma, is Norway's longest and most voluminous river. With a total length of , it has a drainage basin that covers fully 13% of Norway's surface area, all in the southern part of the country.
Geography
At its fullest length, the ...
(1993-1997)
Footnotes
References
Knut Selberg Nicholas Janberg's
Structurae
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MySQ ...
. Accessed 2011-01-31.
External links
Selberg ArkitektkontorLerkendal football stadium details
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20th-century Norwegian architects
1949 births
Living people
21st-century Norwegian architects