A Contemporary Vernacular: A Panel Discussion

The English architects John Simpson and Robert Adam have, for decades, developed design codes and traditional contemporary architecture based on them, while Eric Zapel has contributed to the book Floor Plan Manual, and works with razor-sharp classical architecture at Sebastian Treese’s office in Berlin. But what has worked in Norway? How can co-created architectural guidelines and traditional contemporary architecture be anchored in zoning plans in Norway? Have Ola Fjeldheim and Fortidsminneforeningen had the solutions all along, and been trying to tell us all this time?

Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking conversation led by architect Arild Eriksen, co-author of the book The New Neighbourhood, published for the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2022.

Recorded at the third annual Beauty and Ugliness in Architecture Conference, May 2nd - 4th, 2025.