Stamina

The exhibition presents the buildings of Kari Nissen Brodtkorb alongside the work of four historical predecessors: Lilla Hansen, Kirsten Sand, Kirsten Sinding-Larsen and Maja Melandsø. All are women who ran their own architectural offices during their careers, and it is the years when they had their own practices that form the focus of the exhibition.

Spanning more than fifty years, Brodtkorb’s career is explored from her own vantage point, through a selection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and objects from the architect’s private archive. The exhibition also presents drawings by and publications about the four predecessors.

Although all five architects were recognised in their time, few traces of their work can be found in museums and archives, and they are rarely mentioned in Norwegian architectural history.