Biblioteket = the library

Jeg vil gjerne forslå at biblioteket ikke flytte til et ny sted. Den gamle bygning er nok bra. Hvis de kan bruker den for andre ting, hvorfor ikke et bibiotek? Iføgler en artikel, den var dannet i 1785 som byens første offentige bibiotek. Og det var opp puset i 1933. Jeg elsker den nyklassisistisk stil med høy tak og store malier. De gamle vinduene og bredde trappene ser penne ute. De bruker hyggelige proporsjoner som glede øyne.

I would like to suggest that the library doesn't move to a new location. The old building is good enough. If it can still be used for other things, why not a library? Why not add another wing? According to an article it was built in 1785 as the first public library in the city, and it was upgraded in 1933. I appreciate the neo-classical style with the high roof and large paintings. The old windows and wide staircases look beautiful. They have proportions that are pleasing to the eyes.

Hvorfor foretrekker normenn moderne arkitektur? Selv om den nye Opera, de fleste av de "moderne" bygningene ser rare ute. De ser ute like fartøy fra andre planeter. Dens arkitets glemmer at vi er mennesker, og de glemmer alt som arkitets i 1700-taller lærte fra bygninger i Helas. Gamle bygnings fra gamle samfunn holder visdom vi har mistet idag. Jeg vet ikke hvordan jeg kan forklare dette. Tjue eller tretti år etter "moderne" bygninger er dannet, de ser forferdelig ute. Men bygninger fra 1500-tallet, 1800-tallet er fremdeles penne, og interessant.

Why do Norwegians like modern architecture so much? Besides the new Opera building, most of these new "modern" buidling look so odd. They look like vessels from other planets. Architects today forget that we are humans, not aliens. And they causally toss aside everything that architects in the 1700's learned Greek architecture. Old buildings hold a type of wisdom that we have lost today. I don't know quite how to explain it. For the most part, modern buildings don't age well. Just twenty or thirty years after they are built they look horrible. But, there is something about buildings from the 1500's, 1600's or 1800's. They keep their charm. They're still interesting and beautiful, in my eyes at least.