Børve Borchsenius Arkitekter, AS

House For Books And Blues

House For Books And Blues
Courtesy of Børve Borchsenius

HOUSE FOR BOOKS AND BLUES

Børve Borchsenius Arkitekter

COLLABORATORS
Sweco, Forene Montører Kongsberg, Notodden Rørlegger Forretning, G.k. Notodden, Murstad Entreprenørservice As, Heis Plan As, Loe Betongelementer As, Kranor As

ARCHITECTS
Børve Borchsenius Arkitekter And Askim/lantto Arkitekter As

LANDSCAPE
Dronninga Landskap As

AREA
5225.0 m2

YEAR
2013

LOCTION
Storgata 1, 3674 Notodden, Norway

TYPE
Cultural Center

House For Books And Blues
Courtesy of Børve Borchsenius
House For Books And Blues
© Espen Gees

The project is a result of winning an open, international plan and design competition in 2010.

House For Books And Blues
© Espen Gees
House For Books And Blues
© Espen Gees

The House for Books and Blues, or Bok & Blueshuset is a three-story house containing library, cinema, live stage, café, museum for blues, sound studio and music tuition.

Notodden Blues Festival and Europas Bluessenter also have their offices here.

House For Books And Blues
© Jiri Havran
House For Books And Blues
© Ivan Brodey
House For Books And Blues
© Espen Gees

All the functions of the house are reached from an open vestibule and reception.

The architectonic expression of the house tries to pursue elements of the historical industrial architecture, that characterizes parts of Notodden`s dock area also today.

House For Books And Blues
© Espen Gees
House For Books And Blues
Courtesy of Børve Borchsenius

The different functions are organized in their own volumes and can, therefore, be read out of the architecture of the house.

Three large lightwells above the reception and vestibule are the signature of the house.

House For Books And Blues
© Ivan Brodey


House For Books And Blues
Courtesy of Børve Borchsenius
House For Books And Blues
© Espen Gees
House For Books And Blues
© Espen Gees
House For Books And Blues
Courtesy of Børve Borchsenius
House For Books And Blues
© Ivan Brodey


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Ground floor plan
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First floor plan
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Second floor plan
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Axonomeric

Børve Borchsenius Arkitekter, AS
T +47 35 569700
Børve Borchsenius Arkitekter, AS
Storgata 159, 3915 Porsgrunn, Norway
Askim / Lantto Architects, AS
T +47 22 201425
Askim / Lantto Architects, AS
Oscars gate 20, 0352 Oslo, Norway