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norwegian association of Landscape architects
200 hundred projects received, 50 were chosen
a tribute to this milestone, the board wished to
the integrity of the book as a whole and the desire
(nLa) celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2009. as showcase the role of norwegian landscape architecture by producing this book, the association’s
biggest initiative to date. this publication represents the huge voluntary effort and strong professional involvement of many of the members.
a budget was set aside for the project and an
advertisement was published looking for inter-
ested writers, editors, and project leaders for the book. vilde stabel, a recently qualified landscape
architect who had also studied journalism, and
for inclusion, based primarily on quality. however,
pants in the seminars and the advisors, as well as
to present as broad a view as possible of norwe-
illustrations, and provided detailed information.
gian landscape architecture were also important criteria. Both experienced and novice colleagues
have helped in the selection process, although the
editor was responsible for the final selection. the
have generously given economic support to the project and made this publication possible.
projects submitted was so high that another jury
tecture and spatial planning at the norwegian
should be grounds for debate. the quality of the
may have made quite different choices and the end result would have been just as good.
modern history, were among the applicants. nLa
heim, yngvar hegrenes, Bård magnus fauske,
also knew they were father and daughter! Both
Last but not least i wish to thank all those who
the majority of landscape architects in norway
in the time period that this book was written, the
found both of these applicants interesting, and
those who suggested projects, have contributed
categories used and the projects chosen can and
karsten Jørgensen, an experienced professor of landscape architecture with a specialisation in
on behalf of nLa, i would like to thank all partici-
board of nLa has consisted of anne Bertine fager-
eva preede, martine wilberg, ragni Lucie helveg,
kjersti erlandsen tofte, tor nilsen, askild nilsen,
are educated at the institute of Landscape archiuniversity of Life sciences at Ås. the oslo school of architecture and design (aho) and the Ber-
gen school of architecture (Bas) also offer programmes in landscape architecture. the sogn
and fjordane university College offers courses in landscape planning, and students of architecture
at aho, Bas and at the norwegian university of
science and technolwogy (ntnu) in trondheim
applicants were surprised to find the other had
Christine riiser wist, marte Bysting willumsen
have lectures and undertake landscape architec-
request of the nLa leadership, that they co-op-
nLa is marit hovi.
these schools will benefit from the book. we also
made a submission, and it was agreed, at the erate on the project. during the time of writing
and Bjørn amund myklebust enebo. president of
little Lukas announced his arrival, and conse-
two seminars were arranged in 2009 to discuss
the work.
projects to be presented. those attending were
quently karsten has taken on a greater share of
the scope of the project quickly grew from the initial intent of presenting a representative selection
of norwegian landscape architecture projects, to
the content of the book in its entirety and the
Lars Berge, mari Bergset, ola Bettum, magnus greni, alf haukeland, Birgitte hellstrøm, tone
Lindheim, hilde mangerud, kari mangset, olav moen, ragnhild momrak, Jenny osuldsen, trygve
also including a review of the role of the profes-
sundt, ingrid sætre, marianne thomassen, anita
ciation were invited to submit suggestions for
dun stubbe and arne sælen acted as advisors on
sion in norway today. all members of the asso-
projects to be included in the book, and of the
veiseth and Bjarne aasen. ingrid haukeland, reithe selection of projects.
ture projects. it is to be hoped that students at all hope that the book inspires and interests anyone concerned with landscape architecture, urban
planning, and the quality of our outdoor environment in general.
nLa is both proud and grateful that this impor-
tant work has now been completed. a special thanks goes to karsten Jørgensen and vilde stabel
for their remarkable effort in writing this book. anne Bertine fagerheim president nLa, 2007–2010