Absurd. Arkitektur AS

Projects / Apartment buildings

Vannkanten

A peculiar and vibrant wooden landmark at the water’s edge of Stavanger.

Vannkanten — main view
  • Winner — open international architecture competition, 2007
  • MIPIM Award — finalist
  • WAN Residential Award, 2015
  • PLAN Award — finalist

Stavanger is the city with the highest concentration of wooden houses in Northern Europe. The vision behind Vannkanten is to carry the city’s historical wood architecture forward — raising a peculiar and vibrant building complex at the water’s edge.

Enlarged project photo