Exploring Snøhetta's Architectural Wonders with Walkable Exteriors
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Cajsa Carlson
11mo ago· 5 min readenNews
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Summary
The article highlights five striking buildings by the architecture studio Snøhetta that feature walkable exteriors, with a focus on the recently unveiled Shanghai opera house. Snøhetta's integration of landscape into architecture is a core element of its design philosophy.
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Since its first major commission, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, Snøhetta has aimed to integrate landscape into its architecture.
The recently unveiled Shanghai opera house is the latest project by architecture studio Snøhetta designed to let users wander over and across its roof. Here, we have collected five of its buildings with climbable exteriors.
