Harald Aars

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Harald Aars (born May 31, 1875 in Christiania ; † June 4, 1945 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian architect .

Life

Harald Aars was a son of the pedagogue Jacob Jonathan Aars (1837-1908) and his wife Anna Ernesta Birch-Reichenwald (1838-1919). He was also a younger brother of the philosopher and psychologist Kristian Birch-Reichenwald Aars , a grandson of the politician Christian Birch-Reichenwald and a great-grandson of the politician and State Councilor Peter Motzfeldt .

After graduating from secondary school in 1890, Aars worked for a year at the industrial company Thunes mekaniske verksted, which was based in Christiania (former name of Oslo) . He then trained as a civil engineer at the technical school in Christiania until 1895, and from 1895 to 1897 he worked as a draftsman for the Ankersche marble shop in Halden . With the help of a scholarship he went on a trip to Italy, Greece and Germany in 1896. 1897-98 he stayed in London , where he studied architecture at the Royal College of Art and was also assistant to the architect Charles Spooner. In 1899 he married Anna Dybwad Berentzen (1878–1947), a granddaughter of the bookseller and publisher Jacob Dybwad .

From 1899 Aars lived again in Christiania for two years and during this time worked as an assistant to the architect Holger Sinding-Larsen . In 1901 he visited Great Britain and France for study purposes and then worked for the city architecture office in Christiania in 1902/03. In 1904 he opened his own architectural office in this city, which he ran until 1919. Lorentz Harboe Ree had been its partner since 1918 . He presided over the Christianias Architects' Association in 1916 and 1917. He then worked as a city architect in Christiania / Oslo from 1920 to 1940 and was chairman of the Selskabet for Oslo Byes Vel (Society for the Welfare of Oslo) from 1927 to 1937 .

Aars designed villas (two in 1907 in Thomas Heftyes Strasse, Oslo), churches (e.g. Lovisenberg Church in Oslo, 1911–12), residential buildings, schools and other public buildings (e.g. in collaboration with Lorentz Harboe Ree the parish hall in Oslo's Fatherland district , 1920). For the southern Norwegian municipality of Rjukan , he worked out the building plans for a boarding school built there in 1913. His designs provided for structurally simple buildings without much ornamentation. He also devoted himself to the design of furniture. He also wrote about architecture and published articles in St. Hallvard (e.g. the contribution Romantikkens monument Oscarshall , 1942), Teknisk ukeblad (of which he was co-editor from 1907 to 1912), Byggekunst and Kunst og Kultur . For the second volume of Norsk kunsthistorie published in 1927 he wrote the chapter Arkitekturen i det 19. og 20. aarhundrede .

Aars was honored in the Scandinavian countries through his appointment as commander 2nd class of the Wasa Order , Knight of the North Star Order and Knight 1st Class of the Finnish Order of the White Rose . He died on June 4, 1945 at the age of 70 in Oslo.

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SURNAME Aars, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Christiania
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1945
Place of death Oslo