Kjell Kosberg (born 8 April 1953) is a Norwegian

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. He established Kosbergs Arkitektkontor in

Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...

in 1986. He established an office in Oslo in 1994, which was later merged with the Molde office. He has designed a large number of buildings in Molde, including Plassen,

Aker Stadion The Aker Stadion (known as Molde Stadion for UEFA competitions and prior to sponsorship) is an all-seater football stadium located at Reknes in Molde, Norway, and is the home of Eliteserien club Molde. The stadium has a current capacity of ...

(1998), Rica Seilet Hotel (2002), Bjørnsonhuset (2002), as well as

Sør Arena Sparebanken Sør Arena ("South Arena") is a football stadium located at Torsvika in Kristiansand, Norway. The all-seater has a capacity of 14,563 people, and serves as the home ground of Tippeligaen side IK Start. It was designed by Kjell K ...

Briskeby Arena Briskeby Stadion, previously known as Briskeby gressbane, is an all-seater football stadium located at Briskebyen in Hamar, Norway. It is home to the Norwegian First Division side Hamarkameratene (Ham-Kam) and is owned by Hamar Municipality. T ...

and Quality Oslo Airport Hotel, among others.

Projects

Scandic Seilet Hotel

Scandic Seilet (formerly Rica Seilet Hotel) is a high-rise hotel located in the town of

Molde Municipality Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The hotel was opened on 11 September 2002. After acquisition by

Scandic Hotels Scandic Hotels is a hotel chain headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with its main operations in the Nordic countries. Alongside hotels in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, the company also has a presence in Germany and Poland. As of 31 Decem ...

, the hotel name was changed to Scandic Seilet. It is designed by Kosberg. At 16 floors and , it is the tallest building in the town of Molde. The tower of the hotel has become a popular local attraction. The hotel contains 170 rooms, ten meeting rooms, two bars, and a restaurant. Next to the hotel and sharing the same entrance with the hotel, lies Bjørnsonhuset, a combined cultural and convention center. Bjørnsonsplassen is situated in front of the hotel with a parking lot built in stones, surrounded with a rose garden. The hotel overlooks

Moldefjord The Moldefjorden is a fjord in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is a long branch off of the main Romsdal Fjord. The fjord begins at the Julsundet strait (in the west) and heads east, past the city of Molde, then it con ...

References

External links

Scandic Seilet website
20th-century Norwegian architects 1953 births Living people People from Molde 21st-century Norwegian architects {{Norway-architect-stub