Agraff Arkitektur: Trondheim Studio Grows 500% Since 2001

Agraff Arkitektur AS, an architecture studio based in Trondheim, Norway, was founded in 2001 by two landscape architects and two architects: Jan Løvdal and Johannes Smidt. The studio is currently led by Dagfinn Sagen, Martin Braathen, and Kari Leikarnes. The founders brought experience from large firms to create a new approach to quality architecture. Since its founding, the company has grown by 500% and now employs 24 people: 10 landscape architects, 13 architects, and one administrator. Agraff has completed over 1,000 projects in building architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, feasibility studies, and research of various scales. Its offices are located in central Trondheim at Olav Tryggvassons gate 19, in a historic apartment building. The studio is jointly owned by its employees.