Paul Cappelen

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The SAS Hotel in Bodø, one of Cappelen's designs (1971)

Paul Cappelen (* 18th February 1928 ; † 1. February 2016 in New York ) was a Norwegian architect of modernity . He came from the Cappelen family, who came from Bremen and Oldenburg .

The Nordkapphalle in Honningsvåg, another design by Cappelens (1958)

In the 1950s and 1960s he won numerous prizes with his architecture firm , which he ran with Torbjørn Rodahl . His designs include the North Cape Hall in Honningsvåg (1958), the SAS Radisson Hotels in Oslo- Fornebu and Bodø (both 1971), the Aspåsen School there (1967) and residential buildings for the Kilimanjaro National Park (1975). Together with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation ( Norad ), Cappelen also designed schools and residential buildings in the Tanzanian cities of Bagamoyo , Mtwara and Songea . A number of his designs were exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale 2014 in Venice . In an obituary, Einar Dahle (architect and professor at the Technical University of Munich in 1995) emphasized the combination of durable materials with modern Norwegian forms in Cappelen's designs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Architecture guide for North-Norge and Svalbard. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 22, 2017 ; Retrieved December 19, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / arkitekturguide.uit.no
  2. ↑ Architecture guide for North-Norge and Svalbard. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 22, 2017 ; Retrieved December 19, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / arkitekturguide.uit.no
  3. ^ Paul Cappelen . In: Store norske leksikon . December 16, 2016 ( snl.no [accessed December 19, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Biograph. Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
  5. ^ Necrology: Paul Cappelen . In: Aftenposten . ( aftenposten.no [accessed December 19, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Cappelen, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian modernist architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1928
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2016
Place of death new York