Axel Borhaven is an architect and partner at Borhaven Arkitekter, an architecture practice specialising in transformation, heritage conservation and existing buildings. He studied at Lund University and the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris and completed a postgraduate master’s degree in architectural conservation at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design in 2024. Borhaven has experience in housing projects and the transformation of historic masonry buildings. He was the lead architect for Grande Panorama in Drøbak, where a former 1960s care home was transformed into housing. The project received the Norwegian State Architecture Prize in 2026.

Axel Borhaven will present Grande Panorama at Save The Buildings Agora on 22 September.