Bringing together dynamic building and material experimentation with traditional methods of craft, Bergen-based Saunders Architecture has worked on cultural and residential projects right across Norway, as well as England, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and Canada.
Led by a strong contemporary design sensibility, the studio believes that architecture must play an important role in creating place, using form, materials and texture to help evoke and shape memory and human interaction. The office operates within existing natural as well as manmade contexts, with examples ranging from an award nominated dramatic viewpoint structure set amidst a rich protected landscape to several new-build houses within more traditional suburban settings.
Todd Saunders
Saunders Architecture was founded by the Canadian architect Todd Saunders in 1998. Saunders has lived and worked in Bergen since 1996, following his studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and McGill University in Montreal. Saunders has lectured and taught at schools in Norway, Scandinavia and Canada and was a visiting professor at The University of Quebec in Montreal and Cornell University in the USA. He continues to combine teaching with practice.
LOCATION: Bergen, Norway
LEARN MORE: www.saunders.no
A five star inn for the Shorefast Foundation on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada. Using wood as the main material, Saunders Architecture designed the 29 room Fogo Inn as a means towards the island’s economic and cultural survival
Slice is a 15 square meters platform situated outdoors that units a room with a terrace. Slice is located in Haugesund, Norway being designed by Saunders Architecture in 2014. The owner wanted a comfortable and pleasant place, close to nature, where he can spend his free time. The spatial constraints have determined the architects to
