The legendary Holmenkollen ski jumping hill in Oslo is due to demolition and a new winter sports stadium with a spectacular ski jumping hill named ‘Holmenkollen lighthouse’ will be build at the same spot. Holmenkollen is one of Oslo’s most famous landmarks and more than three million tourists visit the ski arena every year.
The new Holmenkollen will have a 138 meters hill size (the current is 128 m.) and a heated terrace on the top with an amazing 360º view over Oslo, the mountains and the fjord. It will be covered with transparent plates of glass that will be lit from inside so that the ski jump’s profile is visible also at night. The profile will be further extended by giant spotlights that will throw a concentrated beam of light straight into the sky.
The ‘Holmenkollen lighthouse’ is set to be finished in 2010, a year before the World Championships in Nordic skiing which will be held in Oslo in 2011. The last competition in the old ski jump will be held in Marts 2008. It is the Danish JDS Architects who have drawn the ‘Holmenkollen lighthouse’. Their project won in competition with 103 other projects.