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List Of Norwegian Architects
Following is a list of Norwegian architects. A–M * Arnstein Arneberg (1882-1961) * George Awsumb (1880-1959) * Lars Backer (1892-1930) * Ove Bang (1895-1942) * Gudolf Blakstad (1893-1985) * Peter Andreas Blix (1831-1901) * Kari Nissen Brodtkorb (born 1942), architect and educator, Houen Foundation Award for ''Stranden'' housing complex in Oslo * Christian Christie (1832-1906) * Birgit Cold (born 1936) * John Engh (1915-1996) * Sverre Fehn (1924-2009) * Baltazar Nicolai Garben (1794-1867) * Christian Heinrich Grosch (1801-1865) * Lilla Hansen (1872-1962) * Jan Inge Hovig (1920-1977) * Tormod Hustad (1889-1973) * Jacob Christie Kielland (1897-1972) * Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland (1866-1926) * Kjell Kosberg (born 1953) * Hans Ditlev Franciscus Linstow (1787-1851) * Kjell Lund (1927-2013) * Sigurd Lunde (1874-1936) * Ivar Lykke (born 1941) * Herman Munthe-Kaas (1890-1977) * Ingeborg Krafft (1902–1963) N–Z * Odd Nansen (1901-1973) * Johan Henrik Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnstein Arneberg
Arnstein Rynning Arneberg (6 July 1882 – 9 June 1961) was a Norwegian architect. He was active professionally for 50 years and is often considered the leading architect in Norway of his time. Personal life Arnstein Rynning Arneberg was born in Fredrikshald (now Halden) as a son of factory manager Mauritz Otto Edward Arneberg (1845–1913) and Hermione Nicoline Mathilde Rynning (1858–1944). Arneberg grew up in Lysaker in Oslo. In 1910 he married Aagot Kielland Skavlan (1888–1960), a daughter of professor Olaf Skavlan. After the marriage was dissolved in 1923 Arneberg married Eva Elisabeth Reimers (1901–1987). A daughter from the first marriage, ceramicist Gro Skavlan Arneberg, was married to economist and politician Egil Lothe. Education From 1899–1902, he was a student at the Royal Drawing School, now the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo. Arneberg began his education of the architect with employment as assistant to the architect, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Architects Of Supertall Buildings
This is a list of architects who have designed, completed, or topped-out skyscrapers over tall (supertall A supertall building is an occupied "supertall" structure higher than and beneath . A form of skyscraper, it falls midway between a common minimum definition of "skyscraper" (a building taller ) and a " megatall" building (taller than ). Diff ...). References {{Supertall skyscrapers Architects of supertall buildings Supertall buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Nordhagen
Johan Olaf Brochmann Nordhagen (16 March 1883 – 6 November 1925) was a Norwegian educator, architect, engineer and artist. He is most commonly associated with his restoration designs for Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway. Biography Olaf Nordhagen was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of painter and artist Johan Nordhagen (1856–1956) and Christine Magdalene Brochmann Johansen (1858–1933). He was a brother of botanist Rolf Nordhagen and through him an uncle of art historian Per Jonas Nordhagen. In April 1909 in Ådal he married Thora Hval (1887–1960). Nordhagen was educated as an engineer at Christiania tekniske skole in Oslo and worked as an apprentice to architect Bredo Greve for several years before studying at the Royal Danish Academy of Art while also assisting Martin Nyrop with his designs for Copenhagen City Hall. Nordhagen returned to Oslo in 1906 and accepted a number of smaller commissions. His breakthrough, however, came when he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Norberg-Schulz
Christian Norberg-Schulz (23 May 1926 – 28 March 2000) was a Norwegian architect, author, educator and architectural theorist. Norberg-Schulz was part of the Modernist Movement in architecture and associated with architectural phenomenology. Biography Thorvald Christian Norberg-Schulz was born in Oslo, Norway. He was educated at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich in 1949 with subsequent studies in Rome. He studied at Harvard University under a Fulbright scholarship. Between 1963 and 1978 he edited ''Byggekunst'', an official magazine of National Association of Norwegian Architects. He received his Doctor of Technology in architecture from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1964 and became a professor at Yale University, the following year. Norberg-Schulz was a professor and later Ddan at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design from 1966 to 1992. During 1974, he was a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Henrik Nebelong
Johan Henrik Nebelong (20 July 1817 – 2 March 1871) was a Danish architect. He worked in Norway from 1840 to 1853 and was best known for interior design work on ''Oscarshall'' (1847–1852). Nebelong also taught at the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen. Biography He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Henrik Nebelong and Anna Christine Schreyber and was a younger brother of architect Niels Sigfried Nebelong. Nebelong was a student of Professor Gustav Friedrich Hetsch in Copenhagen. He later enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts. At the Academy, he won the prestigious silver medal in 1839. The accolade was followed immediately by a proposal to come to Christiania (now Oslo) and assist the architect Hans Linstow. Nebelong was hired to assist Linstow in drawing interior works of the Norwegian Royal Palace. In 1842, he received a government grant to study in Germany. His buildings include the customs house (''Tollpakkhuset''), Commanders living quarters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odd Nansen
Odd Nansen (6 December 1901 – 27 June 1973) was a Norwegian architect, writer, and humanitarian. He is credited with being a co-founder of UNICEF and for his humanitarian efforts on behalf of Jews in the early years of World War II. Biography Odd Nansen was born in Bærum, Akershus, Norway. He was the second youngest of five children born to scientist and explorer Fridtjof Nansen. He was raised at Lysaker outside of Oslo. After his mother, Eva Nansen, died in 1907, he was raised in the home of his neighbor, Anton Klaveness. In 1920 he began studying architecture at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. From 1927-30, he worked in New York City. During 1930, he returned to Oslo and apprenticed with Arnstein Arneberg. In 1931 Nansen started his own architectural practice in Oslo. He also formed the humanitarian organization Nansenhjelpen in 1936 to provide relief for Jews fleeing Nazi persecution in central Europe. The Jewish Children's Home in Oslo (''jødis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg Krafft
Ingeborg Krafft (23 April 1902 – 20 May 1963) was a Norwegian architect who worked extensively on housing and interior design. She also designed the Mesnali Church. Biograpgy Born on 23 April 1902, Ingeborg Krafft was the daughter of Petter Pettersen and his wife Sophie Susanne Krafft. She attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry. She went on to study at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1926 and 1928. She began her professional career, partly during her studies, as an assistant architect to a number of renowned architects in Norway and Sweden including Henrik Bull, Lars Backer, Israel Wahlman, Gunnar Asplund, and Hakon Ahlberg. From 1930, she began her own architectural practice in Oslo, and initially designed cabins, summer houses and villas. Later, her works focused more on housing and interior design. Krafft became a permanent consultant for the Norway's Farmers' Women's Association. She was also associated wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
