Article source: a-lab

After 20 months of construction, the Statoil regional and international offices at Fornebu outside Oslo, Norway is now complete. A-lab received the commission after winning first prize in an open competition in 2008. Statoil is a Norwegian energy producer, the 57th largest company in the world by revenue, with about 30 000 employees in 37 countries. From October 15th, 2500 of these employees will work in the new building – including Statoil’s international department.

Image Courtesy © Luis Fonseca 

• Architects: a-lab
• Project: Statoil Regional and International Offices
• Location: Fornebu, Bærum, Norway
• Brief: Offices
• Completion:  Autumn 2012
• Construction: 20 months
• Building cost: 1,500 mill NOK / 200 mill. EUR
• Total floor area: 117 000 m² 
• Footprint: 65 500 m² 
• Levels: 9
• Structure: Steel and concrete (prefab)
• Cladding: Glass and aluminium composite panels
• Completion: 1. of September 2012
• Client:  IT-Fornebu Eiendom
• Interior design:  a-lab & Momentum Arkitekter (NO)
• Landscape architect: Østengen og Bergo (NO) -concept & Rambøll Norge (NO) -detail
• Software used: In addition to the regular set of design tools, Autodesk Revit was of great importance to realize the BIM-modeling of the Statoil project