Days William-Olsson
Days William-Olsson (born June 8, 1888 in London , † August 22, 1960 ) was a Swedish architect who was mainly known for the Slussen transportation hub in Stockholm he designed .
Life
In 1928, Tage William-Olsson received an order from the Stockholm Roads Department to investigate the sometimes chaotic traffic situation at Slussen (popularly known as the “Slussen misery”) and to develop a proposal for a solution to the traffic management there. Here six busy streets met, as well as rail and waterway traffic and a thoroughgoing improvement was urgently needed. William-Olsson not only worked with the transport hub, but also with the surrounding buildings. His ingenious solution was one of the first inner-city intersection-free motorway clovers in Europe. The layout was finished in 1935 and already prepared for right-hand traffic.
In 1943, the Stockholm City Planning Department hired Tage William-Olsson to work with the architect Paul Hedqvist on the redesign of Stockholm City . A large part of these plans were implemented about ten years later. In the same year William-Olsson was appointed head of urban planning in Gothenburg . There he designed numerous residential buildings together with his son Anders William-Olsson . a. Apartments with flexible, removable inner walls, which was new in Swedish housing. Tage William-Olsson was active in his profession as an architect until his death.
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| SURNAME | William-Olsson, days |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd August 1960 |