Todd Saunders

Fogo Island Inn in Newfoundland, designed by Todd Saunders

Bergen, Norway

Biography

Bringing together dynamic building and material experimentation with traditional methods of craft, Bergen-based Todd Saunders (registered in Norway) has worked on cultural and residential projects right across Norway, as well as England, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and Canada.

Led by a strong contemporary sensibility, his studio believes that design must play an important role in creating place, using form, materials and texture to help evoke and shape memory and human interaction. The office operates within existing natural as well as manmade contexts, with examples ranging from an award nominated dramatic viewpoint structure set amidst a rich protected landscape to several new-build houses within more traditional suburban settings.

Saunders has lived and worked in Bergen since 1996, following his studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and McGill University in Montreal.  Todd Saunders founded Saunders Architecture in Norway in 1998. He continues to combine teaching with practice and has been a part-time teacher at the Bergen Architecture School since 2001. Saunders has lectured and taught at schools in Norway, Scandinavia, the UK and Canada and was a visiting professor at The University of Quebec in Montreal and Cornell University in the USA.

Publications

September 2015 – Architecture Today

June 2015 – Details
Squish Studio

June 2015 – Architecture and Culture
Villa G

January 2013 – Arkitektur N
Fogo Island Inn

June 2012 – Canadian Architect
Tower Studio

October 2010 – Azure Magazine
Long Studio

Awards

2016 – Architizer A+ Awards
Jury Winner – Fogo Island Artist Studios

2015 – EnRoute Magazine Hotel Design Awards
Best Overall Architecture – Fogo Island Inn

2014 – Architectural Digest
10 Most Daring Buildings Buildings of 2014 – Fogo Island Inn

Huffington Post
5 Greatest Architects Under 50