The Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum stands in the Allmannajuvet gorge in Sauda, southern Norway, on the Ryfylke Norwegian Scenic Route. Peter Zumthor designed it, and it opened to the public in 2016. ArchDaily says the Norwegian state commissioned it to bring more visitors to the region.
The zinc mine itself operated for eighteen years, from 1881 to 1899, and closed when zinc prices fell. The museum is a group of small box-like pavilions that resemble watchtowers. They were made in a factory about eight miles (13 kilometers) away and installed on the site. They hold a cafe, visitor facilities and a small exhibition.
The structure is laminated timber. Inside, plywood panels are painted black to suggest the dark mine galleries. Outside, the walls are black jute burlap with a methacrylate coating, and the roofs and doors are zinc. The buildings sit modestly among the granite cliffs and pine forest.
This building has no Wikipedia article. Facts come from Inexhibit, ArchDaily.
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