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Oslo council votes yes on new Munch Museum

United Kingdom Architecture News - Oct 29, 2014 - 17:21   1893 views

Oslo council votes yes on new Munch Museum

Herreros Arquitectos's "Lambda" design for the Munch Museum in Oslo. Illustration by Mir/Herreros Arquitectos

The long-delayed waterfront “Lambda” building clears another hurdle, but a zoning vote is due next month

Oslo’s city council approved a plan for a new Munch Museum on the waterfront in a vote on 22 October. A new building designed by the architecture firm Herreros will be constructed at a cost of 2.8b Norwegian kroner. A few weeks ago, the national government announced that it would support the project with 605m kroner of funding; the city had originally asked for 920m kroner, so it will have to make up for the difference elsewhere. A vote on the zoning is still due to take place in November.....Continue Reading

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