The Architecture, Art and Photography table and one of the prints from Per Berntsen’s Metsä series: the pavilion is ready to receive its visitors. More than 300 000 people visited the fair. (Photo Luis Callejas)

Beate Hølmebakk represented in Breaking Ground, Architecture by Women, Phaidon. The Forvik Ferry Stop was selected to represent the work of manthey kula in the book.

The aluminium tables have arrived from Stuttgart and are ready to be placed inside the Panorama Hall. The size of the elevator set the dimensions for the pieces. We will install the elements together with Uniplan and lcla .

The three meter long wooden model will cantilever from the railing of the exhibition space at Deutsches Architekturmuseum.

Study trip to look at exhibitions and the National 9/11 Memorial.

A full scale prototype of one of the tables for the Guest of Honor Pavillion is temporarily installed in the publishing house. We are very grateful to Gyldendal for making it possible for us to examine the structure under the roof of one of architect Sverre Fehn’s last buildings.

March 22nd we give a lecture about the work of manthey kula at Hong Kong University.

manthey kula invited to competition Restaurant and foodcourt in Flåm against Jensen & Skodvin, Saunders Architecture and Pushak.

Beate Hølmebakk gives a talk about the work of manthey kula.

Archipelago - Buildings from Solitude (on the cover), Skreda Rest Area, the Tullholmen Pier, Stella’s Room and Forvik Ferry Stop in A+U 2018:11. The issue also has an article by Beate Hølmebakk on Sverre Fehn’s influence in contemporary Norwegian architecture.

Office trip to the Venice Biennale 2018. Most enjoyed: Eduardo Souto de Moura’s Vatican Chapel a f a c i a and Elizabeth Hatz’ great exhibition of drawings Line, Light, Locus.

We are very happy to hear that the Skreda Rest Area is nominated to this prestigious prize and grateful to those who nominated the project. This is the third manthey kula project to be nominated to the MvdR Award.

Beate Hølmebakk is part of the jury for the Kasper Salin Prize 2019. The prize was presented to Collectif Encore for Villa Hamra studio residence. (Photo: Michel Bonvin)

Beate Hølmebakk gives a talk about the work of manthey kula at the Barbican center in the Architecture at Stage series. (Inside: A cross-section through the main concert hall from the original project designed by architects Chamberlin, Powell & Bon)

Beate Hølmebakk lectures in Leuven on the work of manthey kula in the Matter of Architecture series.

After 8 years in Pilestredet 75C we move the office to Rosenborggata 19B; same block, but different yard. It is a bit sad to leave the characteristic tunnel shaped space and the brick utility tower we built with C.P. and C.E. in 2010.

What a privilege to get to add a small room to this great place, beautifully transformed over the years by Knut Wold and the late Are Vesterlid.

Per Inge Bjørlo will make the artwork for the Tullholmen Pier in Karlstad. A very inspiring visit to his studio to see the idea for the sculpture.

Visit to the construction site for the Skreda Rest Area, the furniture is ready to be mounted on the platform.

First visit to the site for a new viewpoint for the National Scenic Routes. The site borders to the Atlantic ocean and the wide landscape is covered with stones brought here by the glacier, some from the eastern part of the country. What a place!