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Kebony was delighted to receive the Silver Award for ‘Best Green International Business (Medium)’ at the prestigious International Green Awards™-in association with Climate Change, The New Economy.
Kebony listed at Global Cleantech 100
Kebony has been named one of the world’s most promising private clean technology companies in the prestigious 2011 Global Cleantech 100, produced by the Cleantech Group and run in collaboration with the UK’s Guardian News and Media. Kebony was also listed in 2010.
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We are Bliss; we create spaces and deliver dreams;
Our hallmark is simple; innovative, intelligent and efficient thinking that delivers elegant, contemporary home and work environments; Spaces for Life
We are a fusion of professional and entrepreneurial cultures with a history forged by technical and creative intelligence and underpinned by decades of professional property experience. Our repertoire incorporates striking work spaces, homes of significance and vivacious retail and leisure destinations.
We spend our lives in built spaces, so why settle for a place less ordinary?
Naust paa Aure
Traditionally the Norwegian boathouse (naust) was a place for the family to store their boat and fishing equipment. The buildings had a rectangular plan to suit the shape of the boat and were typically placed just above sea level at high tide. The gable facing the sea was fitted with two large doors that would enable the boat to be moved in and out.
Because of the practical need for storing fish and drying up equipment, the nausts were never made airtight or insulated. Even though storage of the boat still is the main use during the winter, these buildings transform into recreational spaces in the summer.
The Naust paa Aure is located in Møre og Romsdal county, a remote area of Norway. Originally there was an old naust at the site which had to be torn down because of its bad state. The distinct qualities of the old naust became key aspects when designing the new building. The basic shape and size, the climatic adaptation and the material use has roots hundreds of years back through the building tradition of the Norwegian fishermen.
Farris Bath
The modern spahotel Farris Bath was built on historical grounds, at HRH King Haakons’ “Farris Spring”. This natural source and the “Farris Mineral Water” became well known among doctors and wealthy people during the 19th century, for its positive health effect. It was sold both as bathing water and in bottles for drinking.
Farris Bad Spa Hotel is mainly designed and built with local manpower and raw materials (ex. local beech and “larvikitt” stone), and with great respect for both the local- and the global environment.
The building itself gives an impression of transparency, and is a great ambassador of Nordic engineering, architecture and craftsmanship. It seems to be floating in the air above the beach, streching its long arms out into nothingness.
The building has a rectangular shape, with an atrium that opens south towards The Larvik Fjord. It consists of two twofloored wings, and being perched on stilts, half the hotel is literarily situated "in" the water. Dividing the levels and lifting them up increases the sense of purity and closeness to nature which is the very essence of spa.
The Nansen Park, Fornebu
The total transformation of the former Fornebu International Airport into a green and active public Park by the Oslo Fjord. The Nansen Park, named after the great Norwegian explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, is now the beating heart of a new living- and recreational area, literarily on the waterfront of the peninsula Snarøya just outside of Oslo.
Water is the main visual element, with a new large pond in the centre. The Nansen Park has a clear eco-profile, visible through the use of local vegetation and eco-friendly Kebony wood in all the installations.
Kragerø Spa & Resort
Spas are a quite new phenomenon in Norway, and have only recently been defined with its own architectural language: Lund Hagem Architects from Oslo have shown the “Norwegian way” by designing Kragerø Spa & Hotel Resort.
The plot was already decided when the architects started their work. The spahotel was to be built in the hillside of a very undulate and wooded area. This added an extra sting of challenge, as the large project should contain more than 230 rooms and separate apartments, preferably with a view, it should also have a full spa department, in addition to an easily accessible 18-hole golf course.
The architects found the solution in building the hotel as a semi-levelled quadrate, constructed on and in the small hill towards the fjord, with the landscape and parts of the golf course drawn in underneath the body of the construction. This way they could meet the demands of a main view towards the picturesque village of Kragerø, facing north, at the same time as the apartments should be facing south to get maximum benefit from the sun.
The buildings are semi-transparent, built in different, separate levels. Some of them have been drawn into the terrain and “disguised” with traditional grass roofing. An all-year-outdoor spa area has been possible using open facades in addition to outdoor sauna, pool and jacuzzis. The pool continues from the indoor part and out in the open, and you can literarily swim on the edge of the hill.
- It was very interesting to design a project this size into the landscape. It was almost like creating a small town, says architect Einar Hagem.
Kragerø Spa & Resort Hotel has set an example of how to combine a natural choice of high quality materials, in creating a quiet and relaxing environment for many people at the same time. The appearance is light, natural, Nordic and elegant.
Windy Dubois SR52 Black Bird
“Windy Boats www.windy.no and Hans Jørgen Johnsen have joined forces with world renowned yacht designer Ed Dubois http://www.duboisyachts.com/ArchitectureAndDesign/
to produce a stunning new 16.10 metre Super Tender:
– The “Windy Dubois SR 52 Blackbird”.
Combining the exceptional design flair of Dubois with the superb build-quality, production capability and performance of the Windy brand, the elegant yet uncompromising SR 52 is guaranteed to turn heads as it delivers guests ashore in unprecedented style, speed and comfort.
Sporting triple IPS 600 Volvo Penta diesel engines, the SR 52 shall boast a top speed of 46 knots, and cruising speed of 40 knots. It is also told to deliver effortless maneuverability and stability at low speeds, thanks to Volvo’s joystick control.
With a 4.5m beam, the cockpit offers generous seating including three separate racing chairs at the helm and three standing sports chairs with bimini shade.
The open, walk-around teak deck also features a raised foredeck, and additional seating, sun lounger and hydraulic bathing ladder aft – perfect for race spectating, swimming or picnicking at anchorage. A head with shower is located below decks, along with a double berth.
One of the new generation of leaner, greener Windy models, the SR 52 employs vacuum injected moulding to produce a lighter, more fuel-efficient hull with a range of 450-480 miles. The sleek lines and rakish sheer of the SR 52’s distinctive hull will deliver an exhilarating but stable and dry ride”.
Villa Malla
Total refurbishment of an old beach hotel and the surrounding area, in the Oslo fjord, about an hour’s drive south of Oslo. Villa Malla has been transformed into a contemporary international restaurant and place for the public with an exotic touch. It has a very popular outdoor recreational area at the very seafront, with a sandy white beach and exotic palmtrees.
- The owners like to refer to it an open space for the public, to make people understand that this great place is for everybody. You can choose whether you want to bring your own food while you spend an hour or a day, or enjoy what their international kitchen can offer you.
The restaurant and conference centre in combination with the palm beach, the port and the helipad, make Villa Malla an attractive and easily accessible destination. The owners are famous chefs with som many years in the game that they never doubted any do's and don'ts during this huge, constantly ongoing refurbishing project.
- We know how we need things to be able to work, and to make our guests happy, owner Sonja Lee says.
- This is the 7th place we have built from scratch. Functionality is extremely important in a long and busy season, but we also both have a need of being surrounded by beautiful and artistic materials.
Solvik Boats
Pål Vedner was inspired to reintroduce charm, elegance and atmosphere into boat life after a trip to Italy.
He teamed up with the naval architect Øystein Jaer, and together they made a beautiful traditional looking shoreboat, with hidden forces and surprising qualities. They hope to meet the demands of the modern boat owner - merging the best, from old times and new.
-It all comes down to wanting to enjoy boat life like we did in the old days, rather than just using the boats for transportation.
Pål Vedner first thought of the idea in the summer of 1999 in Portofino, Italy. He was really enjoying a boat trip in an open, italian “gozzo”, and started wondering where and how he could find boats like that in Scandnavia. He soon realized that there weren't any. Times had changed, and the nordic coastline is filled with speedboats; According to Vedner and Jaer, many of them lacking aesthetics, comfort and style.
The two entrepreneurs decided to take a grip, and the 22’ shoreboat was launched in the summer of 2009.
Solvik is being produced at a small wharf on the island of Nøtterøy, an hours drive south of Oslo, along the Oslo fjord.
The result is astonishing. People literarily turn their heads and gasp at the beauty and speed of this new "Queen of the Norwegian shores".
Helle School
This is a new elementary school for 280 students, built to replace two existing schools.
It is situated in a natural and undulate area with great possibilities for outdoor activities
"The main building is long, and streches its two arms out to embrace the students and other visitors to the school”, according to the architects.
The fasade is divided by a combination of big areas of stained glass, environmentally friendly Kebony cladding, stone cladding and coloured wooden laminated plates. All the classrooms face southeast, all assembly rooms face northwest.
The surrounding nature is being used actively by Helle school. Gangways from the back side of the building give the students easy access to the forest, where they are met by outdoor classrooms with benches and decking
Kebony – Naturally Norway
The “Kebony - Naturally Norway” Show Garden is the combined vision of designer Darren Saines and revolutionary Norwegian wood company Kebony.
Darren’s design philosophy was to create a nature-inspired garden grown to flourish in and resist the diverse Nordic climate with plants chosen for their unusual natural shapes and structures. The garden was designed to reflect the unique landscape of Norway - from flora and fauna to fjords.
The stunning Norwegian flora illustrates an undulating valley region with deciduous and evergreen trees. The planted areas was defined by natural stone with a centrepiece of a dramatic 40-year-old stunted pine tree set in natural larvikitt – The Norwegian national stone.
A sleek central pavilion with a ‘living cube’ is a space that adapts to the seasons, immersing the senses outdoors. Designed as an extension of the home for use throughout the year the structure features intriguing applications – a discreet kitchen, shower and even day bed. An undulating water feature surrounds the pavilion reflecting the tranquil Norwegian fjords.
Creative, yet subtle solutions to protecting the environment are intrinsic to the design. Kebony wood is used as a sustainable alternative to tropical timber for the decking and pavilion structure while energy is created from bio ethanol burners.
Recycled glass was used within the living cube, tinted to provide unusual lighting effects, and self cleaning for low maintenance. Natural slate was applied to terraced areas and granite from Southern Norway for its unique pearly façade. Even the boundary walls were constructed from an eco-product called Durisol, blocks made from 80% recycled wood, linked together like Lego.
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