Kjetil Trædal Thorsen has led several award winning design competitions for public buildings around the world. As head of the inovative team at the “Snøhetta” design and architecture firm – he has among others designed the museum built for the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, the 2007 Serpentine Gallery temporary Pavilion in London, Bibliotheca Alexandrina library in Alexandria – Egypt, and the new Oslo Opera House and many more.