Siv Helene Stangeland

Siv Helene Stangeland is a Norwegian architect and researcher. She studied at Oslo School of Architecture and in ETSAB Barcelona. Together with Reinhard Kropf, she founded the architect office Helen & Hard in 1996 which today has offices both in Stavanger and Oslo, Norway.

In 2017 she received a PhD at Århus School of Architecture about the relational design practice of H&H. She has taught and lectured widely about H&H research on holistic sustainable practices within co-housing, innovative timber structures and the importance of hand drawing.

Helen & Hard has received many awards for their work, including the Norwegian National Award for Building and Environmental Design for the Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge, Vennesla Library and Vindmøllebakken Co-living. They have exhibited internationally including the Norway Pavilion at Expo Shanghai 2010, the Lisbon Biennale, Manifesta 7 and the Nordic Pavillion at Venice Biennale 2021.

In 2012 they published a monography: “Helen & Hard Relational Design” at Hatje Cantz publishers. They were awarded RIBAs international fellowship in 2017.

H&H have an extensive body of built work in timber, the last realized are the headquarter for the SR- bank, the Co-living project Vindmøllebakken, and the recently transformed office project Innoasis, all in Stavanger Norway.