Telenor Headquarters

“In 2002, one of the world's largest operators of mobile satellite services--Telenor--gathered together all its office units in Fornebu, just west of Oslo's city center. Today, the headquarters acts as a workplace for more than 2,000 people in a building that has been hailed as "the office of the future." There are no set, assigned desks because the employees are encouraged to access all information from "floating" worktops by plugging their laptops and mobiles into any data or power port. This is truly a mobile office concept. In a joint venture the US architects NBBJ collaborated with the Norwegian practices, HUS and PKA. They envisioned building one large complex in order to realized the company's main wish to unite the resources of all the previous offices in one building, creating a communal space in which communication and work energy interact. The premises, which cover 34 acres, is on the former site of Oslo International Airport, and makes extensive use of glass curtain walls, providing all the e employees with stunning view over the Oslo Fjord and the surrounding mountains. Two curved glass boulevard, which have slanted walls, each link up to four glass and steel office blocks, which in turn are connected to public atriums, In between the boulevards there is a large common space, which acts the spine of the building. This building is High Tech not simply because of the mobile and wireless concepts that it communicates, but also through the practical elements of the structure. For example, shading devices that are automatically controlled by sensors regulate the heat created by the vast glazed facades, and there are so blinds that are programmed to react to the position of the sun. The corporate desire for openness and transparency is echoed in the materials and constructions of this state-of-the-art-design.”