Ole Wiig (MArch ’73)

Principal Partner, NSW Arkitektur

Affiliation
  • Alumni Council

Ole is the former co-chair of the Design Impact Committee and an alumni mentor as part of Connect GSD Career.

Ole earned a bachelor’s degree at Manchester University in England before coming to the GSD for a master’s in architecture. He worked in Boston before moving to Edinburgh, where he worked for six years as an architect. He then co-founded NSW Arkitektur in Oslo and is currently the founding partner and architectural director. The firm has three locations in Norway and has done a number of jobs abroad. Ole has served as president of the Norwegian Association of Architects and has also been active in the academic world, having been a teacher and external examiner in seven architectural schools in six countries. He is also the village architect in the medieval village of Colletta di Castelbianco in Italy. 

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Location: Oslo, Norway