International Prestigious Prize Awarded to the Telenor Centre at Fornebu
June 02 2005 - 5:35AM
PR Newswire (US)
International Prestigious Prize Awarded to the Telenor Centre at
Fornebu ATHENS, Greece and FORNEBU, Norway, June 2
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Thursday Telenor was awarded the
prestigious Prix d'Excellence award in the office/industry
category. The competition included buildings around the world, and
the Telenor centre won over tough competitors such as Menara
Telekom in Malaysia, Science Park in Hungary and the World
Meteorological Organisation in Switzerland. "On behalf of Telenor I
am proud to receive the world's most prestigious award for a
business property. The award again confirms that the vision behind
the building was right, and that this concept really functions,"
says Roar Wiik Andreassen, president and CEO of Telenor Eiendom.
The prize was awarded by the International Real Estate Federation
(FIABCI) in Athens, Greece. This is the second time that Norway and
Telenor have won this prize: in 2002 Telenor's building at Kokstad
was given the same accolade. This time the jury emphasised the
exciting architectural design and the choice of materials,
consideration to the surroundings and its fitting into the
landscape. The building's flexibility was also emphasised, as well
as the interplay between people, technology and the surroundings.
Last year the Telenor Centre at Fornebu was honoured with the
FIABCI Norway's real estate prize, thus qualifying for
participation for the international Prix d'Excellence. The Telenor
centre has previously received recognition in different contexts:
the The American Institute of Architects' Honor Award for
Architecture, the Norwegian Lyspris 2005, an award for the lighting
in the building, and Telenor centre was second place as the
Favorittarbeidssted (Favourite Workplace) in 2004, awarded by
Aftenposten, a Norwegian daily newspaper. About FIABCI FIABCI is an
international organisation for real estate businesses. The
organisation was founded in 1949 and has members from over 60
countries. The projects that were entered in the competition are
judged by an expert panel according to criteria such as design,
construction, financial viability, market strategy, environmental
considerations and significance for the local community. Contact:
Scott Engebrigtsen, Information Manager, Telenor ASA, tel. (+47) 90
34 84 04, e-mail: To the editors: New photographs of the Telenor
centre taken by Damian Heinisch have been uploaded to Telenor's
home pages on
http://www.telenor.com/press/image_gallery/archieve/020605.shtml.
See also http://www.telenor.no/om/presse/bildegalleri/arkiv/fornebu
for more exterior and interior photographs of the Telenor centre at
Fornebu, Norway. DATASOURCE: Telenor CONTACT: Scott Engebrigtsen of
Telenor ASA, Information Manager, +47-90-34-84-04, Web Site:
http://www.telenor.com/
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