Lotte Sandberg, Aftenposten architecture critic, "Isfront i Oslo,"Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine June 29, 2009 (in Norwegian), retrieved May 18, 2010: the "image-heavy, ice-cold" Barcode designs, especially Snøhetta's "glacier" design to match their "iceberg" Opera House, are "branding of clichés."
Erik Hollie, "Holder pusten for Barcode,"Archived August 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Oslopuls, Aftenposten August 4, 2009 (in Norwegian), retrieved May 18, 2010: Writer/musician Ketil Bjørnstad is "holding his breath for the Barcode."
Geir Haraldseth, Byutviklingsforvikling, Kunstkritikk May 7, 2010 (in Norwegian), retrieved May 18, 2010: the public art commissioned by Bjørvika Utvikling AS can be seen as ironic given the expense of the apartments: loudspeakers on the pedestrian bridge to Central Station blast a performance about marginalized people, and an art exhibit in a shipping container—a far more sustainable architecture than that of the project—was titled Vi bor i Bjørvika (Hvem vil bo i Bjørvika?) (We live in Bjørvika (Who will live in Bjørvika?)).
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Morten W. Krogstad and Arne Sødal, "Barcode i Bjørvika er menneskefiendtlig,"Minerva, July 25, 2007 (in Norwegian), retrieved May 14, 2010; according to Slettholm, 36,000 signatures.
The city chose between four alternatives: Storgårdskvartaler (relatively massive buildings); Bykode (relatively low-rise buildings); Barcode light (thinner buildings); and Barcode. A gallery of renderings of each is at Nye Bjørvika, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation(in Norwegian), retrieved May 18, 2010.
Erik Hollie, "Holder pusten for Barcode,"Archived August 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Oslopuls, Aftenposten August 4, 2009 (in Norwegian), retrieved May 18, 2010: Writer/musician Ketil Bjørnstad is "holding his breath for the Barcode."
Lotte Sandberg, Aftenposten architecture critic, "Isfront i Oslo,"Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine June 29, 2009 (in Norwegian), retrieved May 18, 2010: the "image-heavy, ice-cold" Barcode designs, especially Snøhetta's "glacier" design to match their "iceberg" Opera House, are "branding of clichés."