News
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15.05.2021
Project for National Tourist Routes
Vatn and Jørgen Tandberg Architects has been commissioned to design a new Service Center in Lofoten, Norway. Project scheduled for construction Spring 2022.
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15.05.2021
Construction site Blommenholm
Project for a writers cabin and garage is on site in Blommenholm, Oslo.
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24.03.2020
Exhibition in Michigan
Studio Vatn is participating in the exhibition Practice Product Protocol at Taubman College in Michigan.
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01.11.2019
Restaurant and hotel
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.
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18.10.2019
Lisbon Triennale 2019
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.
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21.05.2019
Exhibiting Practice
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.
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25.04.2019
Haugar Museum development
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
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05.03.2019
Cooper Union lecture
Espen Vatn will give a lecture at Cooper Union as a part of the Student Lecture Series on April 12th.
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01.11.2018
Henie Onstad project completed
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.
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31.05.2018
Hong Kong visiting studio
Espen Vatn will teaching a Visiting Studio at Hong Kong University in the fall of 2018
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02.10.2017
Public lecture FAU
Espen Vatn will give a lecture at FAU, Sao Paulo, about the work for National Tourist Routes in collaboration with Jørgen Tandberg.
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01.10.2017
Herbert H. Greenwald Critic
Espen Vatn will be the Herbert H. Greenwald Visiting Critic at UIC in Chicago in the spring of 2018.
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15.08.2017
Public Lecture Monash University
Espen Vatn will give a lecture at Monash University, Melbourne, about his work in collaboration with Andrea Pinochet.
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01.08.2017
Invited competition for OBOS
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.
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01.08.2017
Teaching Monash University
Espen Vatn is co-teaching a studio at Monash University Fall 2017 with Andrea Pinochet.
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01.05.2017
Board member Oslo Architecture Association
Espen Vatn has been elected to the board of Oslo Architecture Association.
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22.03.2017
Columbia University lecture
Espen Vatn will give a lecture at GSAPP about his work.
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07.03.2017
UIC Chicago lecture
Espen Vatn will give a lecture at UIC about his work.
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29.04.2016
KTH critic
Espen Vatn will be a final critic at KTH Stockholm, Sweden.
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01.04.2016
Jarfalla competition
Espen Vatn is co-organizing a competition to design a new entrance gate to a Folkets Park in Jarfalla, Sweden.
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05.12.2015
Honorable Mentio
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.
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02.12.2015
Universidad de Navarra
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.
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03.10.2015
MoMA & New Museum
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.
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03.08.2015
Tourist Routes
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.
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15.07.2015
AA Visting School
Espen Vatn will be speaking at AA Visting School Lyngør in August.
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16.05.2015
Start
Detail project of National Tourist Route (i.c.w. Jørgen Tandberg) has started. Working towards construction start 2016/2017.
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05.03.2015
Completing storyline
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.
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24.11.2014
Baltic Sea Symposium
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.
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29.10.2014
Jury work
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.
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28.10.2014
Storyline start
Studio Vatn and Groma Architects has started work on Storyline Studios new camera department. The project is a 1000 m2 interior refurbishment.
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12.10.2014
1st prize
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.
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01.07.2014
Brenneriveien
Studio Vatn and Mostadbo Arkitektkontor has handed in a feasibility study for the redevelopment of Brenneriveien 9 in central Oslo.
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05.06.2014
Venice Biennale
Studio Vatn exhibition opening at Palazzo Mora, an official collateral event of the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale.
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01.06.2014
Tourist Routes
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.
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15.04.2014
Drawing scholarship
Espen Vatn received a scholarship from the Norwegian Council of Arts based on his drawing series "First of All".
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31.01.2013
ROM
Espen Vatn has been invited to participate in a competition to expand Galleri ROM in Oslo.
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01.12.2011
"Flow My Tears"
Espen Vatn and Ghilardi Hellsten's exhibition "Flow My Tears, The Commissioner Said" open at the City Museum of New York.