Norwegian Glacier Museum

Glacier Museum Sverre Fehn, the winner of the 1997 Pritzker Prize, is particularly known and celebrated for his exceptional and inventive use of concrete and wood. When approaching his Norwegian Glacier Museum in Balestrand, visitors are greeted by Fehn’s remarkable vision and a memorable…

Fehn’s Norwegian Glacier Museum (completed 1991) in Fjærland, Nor.—a long, low-lying, white-and-gray concrete structure with sloping ends—echoed the steep glaciers that surrounded it. His Hedmark Cathedral Museum (1979) in Hamar, Nor., was built astride the historic ruins of a 14th-century cathedral and manor house. Some of…