The Oslo Opera House stands at the head of the Oslofjord in Norway, completed in 2007 and opened to the public in 2008 to a design by the Norwegian firm Snohetta, serving as the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. Its most distinctive feature is a sloped roof of white Carrara marble and granite that rises directly from the water's edge, designed so the public can walk up its angled surfaces to the summit, a deliberate merging of building and public plaza intended to evoke a glacier or iceberg emerging from the fjord. Inside, the main auditorium is clad largely in oak, a warmer material contrast to the building's cool exterior stone, and a large glass curtain wall along the foyer offers views out over the harbor. The building won the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award, in 2009, and its walkable roof has become one of Oslo's most visited public spaces regardless of whether visitors attend a performance.
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Building Type Completed Year Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Oslo Opera House, Wikipedia
Uses Element
Source Oslo Opera House, Wikipedia
Source Oslo Opera House, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, located there.
Sources
1. Oslo Opera House, Wikipedia
Lead paragraph, use
The home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera house in Norway.
Lead paragraph, site
The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighbourhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord.
Lead paragraph, construction
Construction started in 2003 and was completed in 2007.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Oslo Opera House stands at the head of the Oslofjord in Norway, completed in 2007 and opened to the public in 2008 to a design by the Norwegian firm Snohetta, serving as the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. Its most distinctive feature is a sloped roof of white Carrara marble and granite that rises directly from the water's edge, designed so the public can walk up its angled surfaces to the summit, a deliberate merging of building and public plaza intended to evoke a glacier or iceberg emerging from the fjord. Inside, the main auditorium is clad largely in oak, a warmer material contrast to the building's cool exterior stone, and a large glass curtain wall along the foyer offers views out over the harbor. The building won the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award, in 2009, and its walkable roof has become one of Oslo's most visited public spaces regardless of whether visitors attend a performance.
- In Style: Contemporary architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Contemporary
Uses Element: Marble, Wikipedia lead
The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with marble from Carrara, Italy and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water.
Uses Element: Granite, Wikipedia lead
The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with marble from Carrara, Italy and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Oslo Opera House
- Wikidata Q43280, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q43280, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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