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Tobias Faber, Hon. FAIA (12 December 1915 – 19 November 2010) was a Danish architect best known for his academic achievements, He was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy's School of Architecture and the academy's president from 1954 to 1973. He was a strong advocate of keeping a
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in architecture.


Biography

Faber studied architecture at the
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in the 1930s, graduating in 1941. Due to the German
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during
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he went to neutral Sweden where he worked at various well-reputed practices in
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. Back in Denmark after the war, he joined
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's office where he worked until 1952. He then set up his own practice, together with his wife Jytte Jensenius, which operated until 1967. From 1952 he taught at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and in 1954 he was a visiting lecturer at
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in
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, USA. In 1962 he was appointed professor at the academy and from 1965 he served as its director, a position he held until 1974 when the Academy Schools were split into separate institutions for administrative reasons. Thereafter he was as the principal of the School of Architecture until his retirement in 1985. He also published a number of influential books on architecture.


Distinctions

Faber was elected to Honorary Fellowship of the
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in 1987 (Hon. FAIA). He received the Dreyer Honorary Award in 1995. He received the N. L. Høyen Medal in 1988.


Written works

* ''Rum, form og funktion'' (1962) * ''Dansk arkitektur'' (1963, 1977), * ''Arne Jacobsen'' (1964)


See also

*
Architecture of Denmark The architecture of Denmark has its origins in the Viking Age, revealed by archaeological finds. It was established in the Middle Ages when first Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, then Gothic architecture, Gothic churches and cathedrals, wer ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faber, Tobias 1915 births 2010 deaths Danish architects Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Academic staff of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Directors of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Honorary Fellows of the American Institute of Architects