Published

Welcome to Your World	Book	2017
How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives by Sarah Williams Goldhagen, HarperCollins Publishers.
Geoparken	Talk	2012
Knowing about all the scrap coming from oil platforms back to the city. How can we recycle and transfer this material household and advanced technology and make a new architecture? How can we express these resources in the public domain? Siv tels the story behind the Geoparken project. Watch the talk here
The Financial Park	Press	2019
Featured in an article on Archdaily Excerpt from the article: “This is an example of the future workplace and one of Europe’s largest office buildings in timber. To make a large-scale bank in timber challenges the notion of a strong, robust bank, while breaking ground for the use of structural timber.” Read the article here
Reilstad Summer House	Press	2019
Terracing house under a floating roof Featured in an article on Archdaily. Excerpt from the article: “Here one lives on four levels – and move through an inner landscape that is connected to the exterior landscape on every level. In this way, the house is organically adapted to the unique context.” Read the article here.
Sauland Skule	Press	2019
Featured in an article on Archdaily. Excerpt from the article: “A spatial symbol for a comprehensive education. The space in front of the classes is not a break room, but is used through the whole day as a central pedagogical forum. Parts of the forum are designed as niches for small groups and can even be separated with glass doors. Thanks to its rotational arrangement, the forum has windows to the outside.” Read the article here.
Norwegian Wood, Smart Deco and the Tree of Knowledge.	Press	2019
Oliver Løwenstein writes in depth about Helen & Hards projects in this article for Fourthdoor. Excerpt from the article: “Helen & Hard push at the edges of the engineered timber envelope. Along with biology and ecology, their hybrid brew draws 21st century expressionism into a forested path towards a new sustainable architecture.” Read the article here.
Visit Siv Helene´s Home	Video	2017
The TV series “Arkitektenes hjem” visits Architects in their homes and discusses what is important in a home for architects who design other people’s homes. Siv describes her home as “A place where I can find peace, but also a place where I can feel a part of something bigger – a community.” Watch the film here.
Vennesla Library and Cultural Centre	Press	2012
an efficient building with a strong identity that offers a public space fit for the 21st century Published in Wallpaper. Excerpt: “The architects worked closely with user groups and took into account the continuously changing role of the modern library for a design that would produce a quiet haven fit for reading but also a place for meeting and social activities.” Read the article here.
Relational Design	Book	2018
The book deals with the idea of relational design as we attempt to grasp and practice it in our projects and work. As an architectural awareness as well as a working method it is inspired by the inherent ability of biological systems to sustain complex forms and life. Buy the book here.
Vennesla Library and Cultural Centre	Press	2012
Featured in an article on dezeen. Excerpt from the article: “Chunky wooden ribs bend around the walls and ceiling of this library in Norway by Helen & Hard Architects and integrate lighting, bookshelves and seating. The 27 ribs frame the outline of a double-height hall, which spans the length of the Vennesla Library and Cultural Centre and includes a mezzanine.” Read the article here.
Norway Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010	Press	2010
Features in an article on Archdaily. Excerpt from the article: “The basic concept of “Norway Powered by Nature”, designed by Helen & Hard, directly engages this challenge, placing emphasis and awareness on multiple aspects of sustainability.” Read the article here.
The Wooden Wonder	Press	2019
An impression of The Financial park by Alastair Campbell “It is not the first time a new city has blown me away. Nor the first time a building has blown me away. But it’s the first time I can recall both happening on the same day.” Read the article here.
Our House	Talk	2019
Inspiring architecture for our future Siv Helene gave a talk at TedxStavanger where she talks in-depth about the philosophy behind the Vindmøllebakken project. Watch the talk here.
Timber is cheaper than steel or concrete	Press	2018
When comparing the building costs in Sauland Skule The initial hypothesis was that a timber building would be a more expensive solution, comparing to the more mainstream building in steel or concrete. Sauland Skule proves the opposite. [article in Norwegian] Read the article here.
Ratatosk at V&A	Video	2015
This short film shows the process behind the V&A installation by Helen & Hard. “We hope the larger children, like us, will climb in the trees and find new ways of playing that we have not yet figured out” says architect Dag Strass about the installation at V&A Watch the video here.
Design Innovation for the Built Environment	Book	2012
Research by Design and the Renovation of Practice Edited By Michael U. Hensel. Routledge, London.
The Changing Shape of Architecture	Book	2011
Integrating Research and Design in Practice. Edited by Michael U. Hensel and Fredrik Nilsson. Routledge, London.
Total Housing	Book	2010
Alternatives to Urban Sprawl Edited by Sakamoto Tomoko, Actar Publishers. Featured Projects are B-Camp and Bjergsted Housing.