Nordlyskatedralen

Alta, Norway

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Category: PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES


Yard	Nordlyskatedralen
Location	Alta, Norway
Subcategory	CHURCH
Built in	2010
Opened in	2012
Application	Nordlyskatedralen
Start and finish date	2010/2012
Application Type	New building
Client	Alta Menighet og Kirkelige Fellesråd
Contractor company	Ulf Kivijervi AS
Installer companies	Jaro Betong AS/ABS Parkettgruppen
Architects	Link-Signatur AS and Schmidt-Hammer-Lassen
MAPEI Distributor	Jaro Betong AS/ABS Parkettgruppen
Credits	Adam Mørk
Project Manager	Knut Krane/Knut Sigurd Pedersen
Other	The Nordlyskatedral (The Northern Lights Cathedral) in Alta, northern Norway is a newly built cathedral. With this building, Alta finally has its own architectural display window and the entire city and northern Norway has become one attraction richer. The building has demanding concrete structures. Most noteably a 220 meter long spiral wall starting at ground Level and rising high up in the sky. It also has different radiuses all along. Mapei has delivered Ultrabond Eco S955 1K for the flooring done in the church. The flooring is a special kind of parquet flooring. 9000 litres Dynamon SX-N was also delievered for the prefabricated concrete parts of the building.