Jensen & Skodvin Architects

Jensen & Skodvin (JSA) is an architecture office established in 1995 with four employees in a rented office space at Helsfyr, sharing with the engineering company Cowi. The office has since relocated several times within the Oslo area, and in 2010 bought a former car workshop at Carl Berner, Sinsenveien 4D. Torunn Golberg became partner in 2011, and the staff numbered 21 including interns as of 2024. Its project portfolio spans built and unbuilt work in categories including housing, culture, tourism, commercial, hotels, health, mixed use, industrial, infrastructure, landscape, urbanism, masterplans, and furniture & objects.

In 1995 JSA was established, with four employees in a rented office space at Helsfyr, with the engineering company Cowi. The first commissions included a number of trial projects for the national tourist road projects (as the result of a first prize in an invited competition), resulting, among other projects, in the Liasanden layby and Videseter viewing platform. In 1997 JSA moved to the downtown area of Oslo to new offices, with six employees. A number of new projects, like the Mortensrud church, the Tautra convent and the Oslo Design and Architecture center were among the commissions in this period. In 2005 the office moved again to new spaces, in Fredensborgveien, with a staff of eight people. The commissions at this time included the Bad Gleichenberg hotel in Austria and the Gudbrandsjuvet projects for the National tourist project, as well as the Juvet landscape hotel. In 2010 the office had to move again due to a renovation project in the Fredensborgveien city block where they rented office space. They ended up buying a former car workshop located at Carl Berner, in Sinsenveien 4D, outside the downtown area, using it almost as it was, with some furniture and a few walls added. Torunn Golberg became partner in 2011. The staff is now 21 including interns (2024).

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