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Vatn and Jørgen Tandberg Architects has been commissioned to design a new Service Center in Lofoten, Norway. Project scheduled for construction Spring 2022.

Project for a writers cabin and garage is on site in Blommenholm, Oslo.

Studio Vatn is participating in the exhibition Practice Product Protocol at Taubman College in Michigan.

Studio Vatn i.c.w. Mattias Josefsson has been commissioned to develop plans for a hotel, restaurant and sailing center on the island of Ylvingen on the West Coast of Norway.

VATN and Groma exhibit 5 models at The National Museum of Contemporary Art Lisbon as a part of the show Inner Space of the Lisbon Triennale 2019.

The work of VATN is a part of the show "Exhibiting Practice" at Oslo School of Architecture and Design. It includes works from Luis Callejas and Hugh Strange Architects.

VATN has been selected to develop a preliminary project for the extension of Haugar Vestfold Art Museum in Tønsberg, Norway. The project is a collaboration with Einar Jarmund & Co

Espen Vatn will give a lecture at Cooper Union as a part of the Student Lecture Series on April 12th.

VATN and Groma´s design for the 50 year anniversary exhibition of Henie Onstad Center for Art in Oslo is now open to the public.

Espen Vatn will teaching a Visiting Studio at Hong Kong University in the fall of 2018

Espen Vatn will give a lecture at FAU, Sao Paulo, about the work for National Tourist Routes in collaboration with Jørgen Tandberg.

Espen Vatn will be the Herbert H. Greenwald Visiting Critic at UIC in Chicago in the spring of 2018.

Espen Vatn will give a lecture at Monash University, Melbourne, about his work in collaboration with Andrea Pinochet.

VATN has been invited by OBOS to participate in a competition to design a 700 unit development in Fornebu, Oslo. Competition is a collaboration with LPO Arkitekter and Jørgen Tandberg Architecture.

Espen Vatn is co-teaching a studio at Monash University Fall 2017 with Andrea Pinochet.

Espen Vatn has been elected to the board of Oslo Architecture Association.

Espen Vatn will give a lecture at GSAPP about his work.

Espen Vatn will give a lecture at UIC about his work.

Espen Vatn will be a final critic at KTH Stockholm, Sweden.

Espen Vatn is co-organizing a competition to design a new entrance gate to a Folkets Park in Jarfalla, Sweden.

In Hannes Meyers Pockets, a project Espen Vatn and collaborators exhibited at the Venice Biennale, received an Honorable Mention in the competition for the next Pamphlet Architecture publication by Princeton Architectural Press. The jury consisted of Steven Holl, Paul Lewis, Kevin Lippert, Charles Waldheim and Marion Weiss.

Espen Vatn will be a Visiting Professor at Universidad de Navarra in the spring semester of 2016 where he will be teaching a 4th year studio.

Espen Vatn will be a panelist at a symposium taking place at MoMA and New Museum in conjunction with the book launch of the book Open City by Cooper Union.

The project for the National Tourist Routes (i.c.w. Jørgen Tandberg) will be exhibited alongside Peter Zumthor, Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk and others this fall in the Travel Museum in Balestrand.

Espen Vatn will be speaking at AA Visting School Lyngør in August.

Detail project of National Tourist Route (i.c.w. Jørgen Tandberg) has started. Working towards construction start 2016/2017.

Studio Vatn's first realized work, Storyline Studio's new camera department, has been successfully completed. The project has been a collaboration with Groma Architects.

Espen Vatn was invited to participate in a seminar on urban and regional planning in the Baltic countries at the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdansk.

Espen Vatn has been been appointed by the Norwegian Assosiation of Architects to be in the jury for a new Graphic Museum in Stavanger. The competing teams are Snøhetta, Kap Arkitektur and Eder Biesel Arkitekter.



Studio Vatn and Groma Architects has started work on Storyline Studios new camera department. The project is a 1000 m2 interior refurbishment.



Studio Vatn and Jørgen Tandberg proposal has been awarded 1st prize in an invited competition for a viewing platform in Senja, Norway. The project is for National Tourist Routes, Norway and scheduled for construction early 2016.

Studio Vatn and Mostadbo Arkitektkontor has handed in a feasibility study for the redevelopment of Brenneriveien 9 in central Oslo.



Studio Vatn exhibition opening at Palazzo Mora, an official collateral event of the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Studio Vatn and Jørgen Tandberg has been selected as one of eight from 187 applicants to be a part of the National Tourist Routes pool of architects. Over the the next years we will work on small projects along 18 scenic routes around Norway.

Espen Vatn received a scholarship from the Norwegian Council of Arts based on his drawing series "First of All".

Espen Vatn has been invited to participate in a competition to expand Galleri ROM in Oslo.



Espen Vatn and Ghilardi Hellsten's exhibition "Flow My Tears, The Commissioner Said" open at the City Museum of New York.