Våler Church

[ad_1] Photography: Couresy Ar. Espen Surnevik . Ar. Espen Surnevik’s design for the new Våler church is contextual and has an environmental focus with an “A” for energy classification. It was also voted as the Building of the Year 2015 by the Norwegian building industry! When the old 19th Century church in Våler - a small village along the Glomma River,in Hedmark, Norway, burned down in 2009, its loss was felt very deeply. The all but impossible task of the new church was to recreate the lost space as a frame for significant events in local people’s lives. A task […]