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Dagbladet 03.11.1962

Dagbladet 12.09.1980

“Cinema or concert hall? Architects demand an answer”

Photograph of key players involved in the rebuilding of Vika.

From the left, architect Gudolf Blakstad, former and present director of planning in Oslo Harald Hals and Erik Rolfsen, the latter reported to be in a “terrible mood”.

Dagbladet 12.12.1953

This article laments the general state of Vika, yet praises the ornamental mosaic tiles on the façade of Haakon VIIs gate 7 as a lively detail. The compliment is however backhanded, warning that overuse of tiles may evoke old-fashioned stairwells, forlorn bathrooms, and marbled atrocities.

Dagbladet 18.10.1960

A short review of the building, mentioning the mosaic tile façade, and the use of precious and luxurious materials such as marble and mahogany. At the same time it snidely points out: only a bank could afford to build a building today.

Dagbladet 23.01.1961

“How tall will the Concert Hall be? Owners of Vika buildings question whether they will keep the light and view”

Review of Haakon VIIs gate 6, commending its use of an interesting façade material, in comparison to the current grey appearance of Vika. It also mentions the use of Italian marble, and Else Poulsen textiles in the interiors

Dagbladet 25.01.1961

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Dagbladet 29.10.1962

Dagbladet 29.12.1969

Dagbladet 30.03.1988

FUN BUILDING AT VOLVAT RISES UP AT AMERICAN SPEED

Circleround house will be headquaters for Gustav A. Ring

- Architect Geir Grung with many new ideas

Oslo will get a new fun building, which doesn't happen very often. It is now rising on Volvat, where the old Frøn school was, next to the Oslo light works. Architect Geir Grung designed it for Gustav A. Ring. And the name of the client has inspired the architect to create a circular building. Or, as he himself expresses it: I don't like illuminated advertisements outside on buildings, here I have found a shape that symbolizes the company's name. But it's true that you don't often have the opportunity to do that.

The building is a combination building, where laboratories, industry and administration are combined, it will be a modern headquarters for a company that is growing strongly and expanding on the world market. It will be on two floors with a lower floor plus a garage in the basement where customers can park and where there are loading ramps where the goods are taken out. In total, there will be 4,000 square meters of floor space and the building is costing NOK 4 million fully furnished. It is being driven up at American speed, within 275 days it should be fully completed, that is to say by 1 November.

The offices are laid out according to new methods, there are large open halls with an inner core where, in addition to archives and safes, you get a canteen, an assembly hall and a conference room that can be combined with the hall, explains architect Grung. The first floor will have profiled glass on the outside, a new glass that is being used for the first time here in Norway. On the outside of the floors, asun screen made of prefabricated concrete elements, these hover around 1 meter from the building and protect against high sun, while low sun lets in so you can take advantage of its heating effect in winter and autumn. The building gets its own effect by using a completely new surface treatment of the concrete, it is ground in the same way that it is cast so that it has a white, completely smooth and matt surface.

The building is designed so that it is built on two floors. You can already see the form and in popular speech they are already call it Ringhuset.

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