Local protection for game stavanger. Guidelines? Urban renewal plan passed in the 1930s-40s but only partially built, very little came to be. Einar Holden’s gamle Stavanger plan helped to preserve town in 1975. Constant battle to keep the historical significance relevant to the population. Town seems divided on building a modern city and keeping the... Continue Reading →

Meeting with Ane Alvestad, Kommuneantikvar for Karmøy. Preservation is very successful. Infrared fire detection from the shipping buildings, working on adding more from different directions. Funding started from a proactive mayor in the 1970s. He advocated for preservation and then gave all of his stock earnings to the town which was able to fund chimney... Continue Reading →

Arriving in Kristiansand, I had more to look forward to with several meetings planned with the city and county. I spent my first day taking in the city and viewing the fiskebrygga, a faux-historic development that attempted to present in a more modern way - however not by much. I had thought that new developments... Continue Reading →

Population: 4,600 “Nothing is more important as the identity and livability of a place in bringing economic success” -Robert Salow Risør is about 45 minutes from Kragerø by car, but was about a three-hour journey by bus due to the holiday schedule. I arrived to find an extremely quiet town situated in a valley, bordered... Continue Reading →

Population: 10,621 Kragerø is a coastal Norwegian town, popular as a vacation and holiday town for Oslo residents. While it experienced urban renewal like many American cities, by being a less affluent town, more traditional buildings remain today due to lack of funds in the 1970s and 80s for new structures. Of the buildings that... Continue Reading →

Research Interest: A survey of the current status and future trajectory of preservation in selected historic wooden towns will inform research on historic district development and heritage building preservation in a denser urban context, while providing insight into public perception of cultural heritage significance. Tre Trästäder i Norden, excerpt from resource on Norwegian wooden towns... Continue Reading →