The Association of Norwegian Architects (, NAL) is a country-wide
Norwegian organization for graduate
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
s. Established in 1911, as of 2015 the organization had some 4,100 members. In addition to its central office in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
, it has 14 regional branches. Its president is Alexandria Algard.
The NAL strives to improve conditions for the profession of
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...
. It publishes two
periodicals
Periodical literature (singularly called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) consists of Publication, published works that appear in new releases on a regular schedule (''issues'' or ''numbers'', often numerically divided into annu ...
: ''Arkitektur N'' and ''Arkitektnytt''.
References
External links
Official site
Architecture in Norway
1911 establishments in Norway
Professional associations based in Norway
Organisations based in Oslo
Architecture-related professional associations
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