Kjetil Thorsen was born in 1958 in Norway. He founded Snøhetta Architects, named after the Norwegian mountain in 1987, along with the American Craig Dykers, the Austrian Christoph Kapeller and others. Some of the office's most famous include the library in Alexandrina, the new opera house in Oslo and the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin. Thorsen has taught at the University of Innsbruck in Tyrol since 2004.

Inhaltsverzeichnis.- Einleitung Kjetil Thorsen.- Entwerfen.- Hochbauübungen.- Diplomarbeiten.- Realisierungsprojekte.- Wettbewerbe.- Portrait Kjetil Thorsen.- Portrait Institut für experimentelle Architektur. Hochbau .- Gäste und Firmenkooperationen.- Zeitleiste, Netzwerk-Karte, Verzeichnis aller Plakate. Introduction Kjetil Thorsen.- Design .- Building Construction Exercises .- Thesis Work .- Realization Projects.- Competitions .- Portrait of Kjetil Thorsen.- Portrait of the Institute of Experimental Architecture and Building Construction.- Guests and Cooperation Agreements.- Timeline, Network Map, Poster Index.