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About Ernst Torp
- Ernst Torp (26 December 1900 – 11 January 1988) was a Norwegian architect. Torp was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.
- He was the son of Hjalmar Torp (1856-1922) and his wife Marie Fredrikke Severine Vaumund (1859-1946). He was a brother of architect Leif Torp, and father of architects Fredrik Torp and Niels A.
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- Through his marriage with Nini Augusta Butenschøn he was a brother-in-law of banker Barthold A.
- Butenschøn and sculptor Ragnhild Butenschøn.He attended Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole (now Oslo National Academy of the Arts) and Christiania tekniske skole (now Oslo University College).
- He graduated from the Arkitektutdannelse Kunsta (now Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts) in Copenhagen during 1923.
- He conducted study trips in the Netherlands, France and Italy during 1923 and to France and Italy in 1925. From 1926, Torp was employed by the City of Oslo.
- Along with his brother Leif, Torp ran the architect firm Torp & Torp from 1930 to 1974.
- The firm principally designed high quality public and commercial buildings.
- These included Torstedhjørnet at Stortingsgata 30, Dronningens gate 10 and 11 and Hieronymus Heyerdahls gate 1, all in Oslo.
- In 1976, the firm was awarded the Sundts premie for the design of the offices of Fellesbanken at Karl Johans gate 27 in Oslo.
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