The ALI Building – the Coffee Tower

The ALI Building stands further west at Filipstad, behind Skur 13 and Trettenparken. In the model it is a tall building in dark brick, with solid towers at both ends, pilaster strips along the façade and light bands of glass in the middle. At the top is the logo “ALi KAFFE”.

In front of the tower is a lower hall. Choose evening to see the building as a dark silhouette against the sunset.

The Coffee Tower was inaugurated in 1966, the year Joh. Johannson turned 100. It was designed by the architect Ola B. Aasness, is around 40 metres tall and has a gross floor area of more than 11,000 square metres.

ALI coffee and other coffee brands were roasted here. In 2020 Joh. Johannson Kaffe opened a new roastery in Vestby, and in March 2021 the last coffee bean was ground at Filipstad.

The tower is to be preserved when Filipstad is developed into a new district. Hav Eiendom, which is to develop the area, has chosen an architect to restore it.

• Coffee was made at Filipstad for around 60 years.
• The new roastery in Vestby is built of timber and is to run on renewable energy.
• Oslo City Council adopted a new zoning plan for the whole of Filipstad on 24 June 2020.

The building is not open to the public, but you can see it clearly from Trettenparken and from the quays on Tjuvholmen.