STAYS & WAYS

SVART Look to Norway for the future of Arctic accommodation. Announced in 2018 by the architects at Oslo-based Snøhetta, the sensational “Svart” ( RIGHT) is a circular, energypositive hotel planned for the foot of the Svartisen glacier in Meløy, where it will be suspended by wooden poles anchored into the bed of Holandsfjorden fiord. Svart will be the first energy-positive hotel built north of the Arctic Circle: not only will it consume a mere 15 per cent of the energy of a traditional hotel, its solar-panel-sheathed roof will also allow it to generate its own energy. With construction set to begin in early 2019 and doors opening in 2021, our only question is, when can Canada have one? snohetta.com/projects