AHO WORKS AWARDS is an award ceremony celebrating the diploma projects that have excelled at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). The award is presented every semester.
Teachers from the institutes nominate candidates for the awards, and then the jury and sponsors evaluate the projects. The very best projects in each category receive awards in a formal ceremony and celebration.
Below is an overview of all the awards and winners this spring.
Architecture
Excellence in Professionalism
- Sponsor: Arkitektbedriftene
- Winners: Madeleine Haaland and Guro Fløgstad Håvik
- Project: Horse Trade
Prize for Innovation in Use of Steel
- Sponsor: Norwegian Steel Association
- Winner: Brage Hognestad Hasler
- Project: Industrial roots
Excellence in Use of Timber
- Sponsor: Treindustrien
- Winner: Marie Keukeleire
- Project: 180 + 180
OBOS Prize for Excellence in Residential Architecture
- Sponsor: OBOS
- Winner: Anniken Maria Blakstvedt Willmann
- Project: Challenging the Demolition Default – Reimagining Frognerhjemmet
Excellence in the Use of Concrete
- Sponsor: Betong Norge
- Winners: Madeleine Haaland and Guro Fløgstad Håvik
- Prosjekt: Horse Trade
Statsbygg Prize
- Sponsor: Statsbygg
- Winner: Anniken Maria Blakstvedt Willmann
- Project: Challenging the Demolition Default – Reimagining Frognerhjemmet
Climate Shift Prize
- Sponsor: Skift
- Winner: Anniken Maria Blakstvedt Willmann
- Project: Challenging the Demolition Default – Reimagining Frognerhjemmet
Urbanism and Landscape Architecture
Statsbygg Prize
- Sponsor: Statsbygg
- Winner: Thomas De Loof
- Project: Somewhere In Between
Excellence in Spatial Layout – Social Interaction in Landscapes
- Sponsor: Vestre
- Winner: Maria Kyriakaki Grammatikaki
- Project: Milos Amphibians
Excellence in Sustainable Biodiversity Use
- Sponsor: Plantinor
- Winner: Hui Zheng
- Project: Sprout Lands
Design
Industrial Design
Interaction Design
- Sponsor: Bekk
- Winners: Malin Walday and Fernande Kvitberg
- Project: reMarkable over time
Service Design
- Sponsor: PwC
- Winners: Nora Engan Haugen and Tiril Bolge
- Project: Tunet – Naboskap som beredskap
Sustainability
- Sponsor: Eggs
- Winner: Julia Wiese
- Project: Robe
Complexity
- Sponsor: Halogen
- Winner: Maija Hauger
- Project: Bending the line
Material Exploration and Aesthetic Experience
- Sponsor: Designit
- Winners: Tyra Øyen Brandtsegg and Märtha Sverdrup
- Project: Bending the line
Strategic Use of Design
- Sponsor: Forte Digital
- Winners: Vegard Szilvay and Hans Jacob Wernersen
- Project: Rewire
D-BOX Prize for Innovation in The Public Sector
- Sponsor: D-BOX
- Winners: Jenny Holm Bjørgum and Per Roppestad Christensen
- Project: Gjøringsinstituttet
Climate Shift Prize
- Sponsor: Skift
- Winners: Julia Wiese
- Project: Robe