About:

Craig Dykers is a partner in the Norwegian firm of Snohetta, which has won acclaim for its Cultural Center to be built at Ground Zero.
Snøhetta won the project to design the Cultural Center at Ground Zero in competition with some of the most prestigious architects in the world.
According to the firm's Web site, "SNØHETTA is a prestigious snow-capped mountain in central Norway and it is the place that has given the practice its name. The mountain is a central theme in early Viking sagas and is the mythical home of Valhalla. Henrik Ibsen developed the well known tale of Peer Gynt around Snøhetta. It is a strong reminder of the power of landscape, architecture and context, in the broadest sense."

Articles (Selected from 2001- 2005):

"International Freedom Center and Drawing Center both out at Ground Zero."  Lubell, Sam.  Architectural record, vol. 193, no. 11, pp. 36, Nov 2005.

"What is Lvetann?"  RIBA journal, vol. 112, no. 10, pp. 9, Oct 2005
Describes the Norwegian prefabricated modular housing firm "that promises to give an architectural twist to the mass housing market." Architectural design by Snhetta.

"World Trade Center cultural building designed to float and disappear."  Lerner, Kevin.  Architectural record, vol. 193, no. 7, pp. 25, July 2005.

"Noble volume: the heroic Great Library of Alexandria clearly merited an Aga Khan Award."  Architectural review, vol. 217, no. 1295, pp. 63-[65], Jan 2005.

"Snhetta: Galerie Tafjord + Tafjord Hotel, Zakariasdemningen Tafjord, Norway -2005."  A + U: architecture and urbanism, no. 12(411), pp. 72-75, Dec 2004.

"Snhetta: the New National Opera House in Oslo, Oslo, Norway -2008". A + U: architecture and urbanism, no. 12(411), pp. [76]-81, Dec 2004.

"Snhetta discusses its new role at Ground Zero as well as input, inspiration and an often unorthodox design process [interview]." Dykers, Craig E.
Architectural record, vol. 192, no. 12, pp. 90-92, Dec 2004.

"Edgelessness."  Dykers, Craig. Architectural design, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 9-12, Jan 2003.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandrie, Égypte: Snhetta.  Gullbring, Leo. Architecture d'aujourd'hui, no. 341, pp. 30-31, July-Aug 2002.

Snhetta and Spence win Turner Center Prize, Margate, UK. A + U: architecture and urbanism, no. 2(377), pp. 3-6, Feb 2002.

Snhetta Hamza Consortium: new Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt 2001. A + U: architecture and urbanism, no. 11(374), pp. [24]-30, Nov 2001.

"In search of lost time: Snhetta's Alexandria Library."  Ingersoll, Richard.  Architecture, vol. 90, no. 10, pp. 73-119, Oct 2001.

"Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Great Library, Alexandria, Egypt."  Davey, Peter. Architectural review, vol. 220, no. 1255, pp. [40]-[51], Sept 2001
Architects: Snhetta.
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Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.
 

Web Sites:

Snohetta.   www.snoarc.no/
Information and visuals on this Norwegian's firm's projects and case studies. The site also offers a selection of lectures by Craig Dykers.

RealEstateJournal.com.     www.realestatejournal.com/propertyreport/architecture/20041021-frangos.html
An article on why Gehry and Snohetta were selected for WTC projects.

norhouse.com   www.norhouse.com/influence.asp?art_id=IN-100101
An article on the Nordic Influence of Snohetta.

archnet.org.  archnet.org/library/parties/one-party.tcl?party_id=8470
Detailed information and drawings on Snohetta's Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
 

Judy Connorton
February 2006