October 22, 2018

Primary Colours

A 21st Century Primary School Wins WAN's Colour Award

Designed by Fortunen Arkitektur, a 20-year-old firm in Bergen, Norway, the school won the 2015 WAN Colour in Architecture Award for harnessing colour to dramatically transform a space and enhance its use.

“This is what you think of as colour in architecture,” WAN Judge and HawkinsBrown Partner Morag Morrison said in announcing the prize. Noting especially the school’s clever use of colour to invite play and learning, she added, “They have stuck to the concept and executed it well."

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Text: Cheryl Mahaffy

Image: Merethe S. Odland

Originally Published in Reimagine Magazine: Issue 6