Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen is a Norwegian architect. In 1987, he co-founded the architecture firm Snøhetta.[1]
History[]
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen was born 14 June 1958 on the Norwegian coastal island of Karmøy. After several years in Germany and England, he studied architecture in Graz, Austria.[2] He had practiced at the office of (Arbeidsgruppen Hus) in Bergen (1982–1983), Ralph Erskine in Stockholm (1983–1984) and David Sandved in Haugesund (1985).[3]
Designs[]
Thorsen led several award winning design competitions for public buildings around the world. He led the Snøhetta teams designing the museum built for the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway,[1] the 2007 Serpentine Gallery temporary Pavilion in London designed with Olafur Eliasson, the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina library in Alexandria, Egypt,[2] and the new Oslo Opera House in Oslo, Norway.[2] He was a founder of Norway’s foremost architecture gallery, Galleri Rom in 1986.[4]
Associations[]
Thorsen is a member of the Norwegian Architectural Association (NAL) and has served on their design competition committee.[citation needed] He has served as a juror on various design competitions in Europe.[citation needed]
Since 2004, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen has been a professor at the Institute for Experimental Studies in Architecture of the University of Innsbruck.[4]
Decorations and honorary degrees[]
- 2008 Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav[5]
- 2010 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture[6]
- 2011 Honorary doctor (dr.h.c.) of Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) [7]
- 2013 Prince Eugen Medal for architecture
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kiran, Ketil. "Snøhetta Arkitektur Landskap as". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kjetil Trædal Thorsen". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Speakers at the ArchiFest Forum 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Page. 8 Kjetil T. Thorsen[permanent dead link]
- ^ Utnevnelse til St. Olavs Orden, The Royal House of Norway, 2008-06-13, retrieved 2009-05-29
- ^ "Global Award for Sustainable Architecture". Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ Anon 2014
Sources[]
- Anon (2014). "Honorary Doctors". NTNU (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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