One of the leading architectural historians of the last hundred years, Dr. Spiro Kostof, once remarked that “architecture is a social act and the material theatre of human activity.” The huge success and soaring reputation of Norwegian architects around the globe at the beginning of a new century owes no small thanks to a focus on those two factors. The biggest projects of today, such as the development of the Bjørvika Harbour in Oslo, have been conducted with an eye both to society and democracy, and even to theatre – or perhaps opera – whilst other local and international projects by architects such as Jensen and Skodvin have focused on nature’s own theatre, as illustrated by their designs for the Gudbrandsjuvet waterfall viewing platform and the Juvet Landscape Hotel, deep into the woods.