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Our Principal Architect Hans-Petter Bjørnådal  will serve as a juror for Rome Rain Rooms, an international architecture competition exploring how rain can become an active and meaningful part of public space. Set in Rome — a city shaped by water, stone, and time — the brief invites small, reversible architectural interventions that collect rainwater and engage the city during moments of rainfall. We are grateful to Buildner for the trust, and pleased to be part of an internat

POETIC has delivered the design drawings for a sculptural bench for the outdoor areas of Innlandet Primary School  in Kristiansund, Norway. The project has been developed in close dialogue with the school and its users, through meetings with Inger Endreseth , Headteacher of Innlandet Primary School, alongside Eigunn Stav Sæthre  and Wiam Alaridi . In addition, POETIC conducted workshops with the pupils, allowing children’s perspectives, movements and ways of inhabiting space

NORDMØRSPOSTEN, 24 January 2026 Odd Inge Teige – Desk Editor, Journalist and Photographer At quay level in Kristiansund, on the ground floor of Loennechengården at Vågeveien 7, architect Hans-Petter Bjørnådal has his base. From here, with views across the harbour basin, he runs the architectural studio POETIC. Above him, on the building’s second floor, new offices for creative industries have gradually taken shape. Among them is designer Christine Blass — Bjørnådal’s wife and

Neuroarchitectural landscapes at Omagata 110C POETIC has won the architectural competition to transform Omagata 110C, an existing office building in Kristiansund, Norway. The project proposes a recalibration of the contemporary workplace through spatial principles grounded in landscape, human perception, and duration, rather than efficiency alone. Set within a Nordic architectural context where climate, light, and restraint act as formative conditions, the project understands

Date: 30 January 2026 – 17:00 Venue: POETIC Vågeveien 7 – Loennechengården Creative Talk #10 places architecture at the centre of public discourse. On this evening, POETIC presents its professional foundation, core values, and selected projects to an audience in Kristiansund. Hans-Petter Bjørnådal is an MNAL-certified architect, founder and Creative Director of POETIC, an award-winning architecture studio based in Kristiansund. The studio has received international recognit

POETIC wins BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026 We are pleased to announce that POETIC has received the BIG SEE Architecture Award 2026 for Folkeparken Primary School . The BIG SEE Awards highlight architecture distinguished by design excellence, cultural awareness, and long-term societal value. The recognition acknowledges a project that approaches learning as a spatial, embodied, and social experience—where architecture, landscape, and everyday life are conceived as an integr

Architecture that resonates Something happens the moment you enter a room. Not always. Not everywhere. But when it does, it is unmistakable. The body responds before the mind is ready: the shoulders lower, or tense; the breath hesitates, then finds a slower rhythm. Attention shifts, without instruction. You realise — slightly too late — that you are already involved. This is where architecture begins. Not in ideas, not in images, not in explanation — but in encounter. Most bu

On Monday, 12 January, we will change our name. The change is a more precise articulation of who we are and what we are working towards. It gives form to what has always been present in our practice, and to the direction in which we are now moving. This text is an invitation into the values that form our foundation. POETIC Architecture must speak to the senses. It emerges in the relationship between human presence, place, and space – where the body encounters light, materiali

We are proud to share that we have been named a DN Gazelle 2025 by   Dagens Næringsliv . The recognition reflects several years of focused work, careful prioritisation, and long-term commitment. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to   KNN - Kristiansund og Nordmøre Næringsforening   and   Vindel AS   for their trust, support, and valuable dialogue throughout this journey. Their contribution has been essential. Being a Gazelle is often linked to growth. For us, it is j

Bjørnådal Arkitektstudio has received two international distinctions at the  Architecture Madrid Awards 2025 .The studio’s  Community Landscape  in Tromsø was awarded  Platinum , while  Folkeparken School  in Kristiansund earned  Silver , recognizing two very different yet equally community-driven projects from Norway’s north. The Architecture Madrid Awards are evaluated by an international jury composed of leading architects and representatives from public institutions in ar

We are pleased to congratulate Christine Blass on winning Gold at the DNA Paris Award 2025 . Christine is the director of Hue Creative Studio and has been a long-time design collaborator with Bjørnådal Arkitektstudio. Christine is recognized for her strong formal sensibility and her ability to create visual expressions where design and identity are deeply interconnected. The gold award is a significant acknowledgment of her work and a meaningful inspiration for our continued

Dato: 30.10.25 - kl 1630 Sted: Bjørnådal Arkitektstudio Vågeveien 7 - Loennechengården Peny (Pinelopi) Spanou (b.1991) is an artist with a multidisciplinary background; costume design, architecture, and fashion. She holds a Master of Architecture from the National and Technical University of Athens (2017), Fashion diploma at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm (2019), and a Master’s in Costume Design from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2021). Her practice moves ac