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16th July 2026

Norwegian Wood: The Thoughtful Architecture of Wenche Selmer (2006) by Elisabeth Tostrup is the best book in English on the subject (but is difficult to obtain). It includes illustrations of the beautiful wooden interiors of her cabins and houses, and the interesting fact that she undertook a ten-month apprenticeship as a furnishing carpenter before studying architecture. However, when in 1969 it was announced that her husband, Jens Selmer, had received the Timber Award, Wenche had to tell the jury that she had designed some of the houses for which it was given (and some were a collaboration). In the end, they won it jointly. This is their own house (1963) in Trosterud.
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