Helen & Hard is an Architecture firm founded in Stavanger, Norway in 1996, and now has offices in Stavanger and Oslo. Led by Siv Helene Stangeland and Reinhard Kropf the firm is a collective of 26 people from many different countries and cultural backgrounds.
Helen & Hard work with a wide range of project typologies and scales. These include individual private dwellings, large mixed-use commercial schemes, public cultural buildings, transformation and urban development projects. Throughout their architecture, they strive to engage with and respond to the unique potential that lies within the local conditions of a place.
Awards.
Helen & Hard work with a wide range of project typologies and scales. These include individual private dwellings, large mixed-use commercial schemes, public cultural buildings, transformation and urban development projects. Throughout their architecture, they strive to engage with and respond to the unique potential that lies within the local conditions of a place.
Awards.
2021. Innovation Award for Universal Design, Architecture Category – Vindmøllebakken. Design og Arkitektur Norge (DOGA).
2020. State Prize for Building Quality, finalist – Vindmøllebakken. Direktoratet for Byggkvalitet.
2019. Building of the Year – Financial Park. Byggeindustrien.
2019. Timber Building of the Year – Financial Park. Byggeindustrien.
2018. WAF Award (Office – Future Project), commended – Financial Park. World Architecture Festival.
2016. Lifetime honour to be part of RIBA’s 2017 International FellowshipsRoyal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
2016. Building of the Year, nomination – Flekkefjord Kulturhus. Byggeindustrien.
