The Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta released plans for Europe’s very first underwater restaurant in Lindesnes in 2017. Making the dream of many come true, the company has opened the doors of the underwater restaurant for guests a few days back.

The observatory is an architectural concept intended to create a ‘gate’ opening seacoast to the underwater world of flora and fauna. The object is situated in a coastal area and forms a spatial connector between the beach and the sea. The aim of the project is to attempt to create a marine observatory whose structure would merge well with the beach area without overwhelming the seaside landscape. The body of the building refers both to the form of a sea wave and to that of living species…

Following news that Europe's first submarine restaurant has become covered in marine life, we've rounded up seven examples of underwater architecture.

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Set to become the world’s largest marine observatory with an underwater restaurant, the partially submerged Centre is imagined as a whale’s head rising over Australian waters.

underwater spherical building

How can active marine industrial areas support underwater life? After developing the Oyster-tecture concept for MoMA’s Rising Currents exhibition, SCAPE developed a pilot project to apply aquaculture techniques for mussel growth along a pier at the Sims Municipal Recycling (SMR) facility in the Gowanus Bay, an active industrial site. Like oysters, mussels are filter feeders

Baca Architects has unveiled the Australian Underwater Discovery Centre, a marine observatory that will mimic a whale emerging from Geographe Bay.