Ole Øvergaard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ole Øvergaard

Norwegian architect

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1893

Place of Birth: Fredrikstad, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 30-Jun-1972

Profession: architect, postage stamp designer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Ole Øvergaard

  • Ole Bernhard Øvergaard (29 November 1893 – 30 June 1972) was a Norwegian architect.Ole Bernhard Øvergaard was born at Fredrikstad in Østfold, Norway.
  • He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1916.
  • Øvergaard worked as assistant to Magnus Poulsson in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1916 to 1917 and with Olaf Nordhagen in Trondheim in 1917.
  • During the 1920s, he went on study trips to Sweden, Denmark, France, England and Italy.
  • From 1922 he had his own practice in Christiania, the first two years together with Lars Backer.Øvergaard specialized in hospital and was influential within the genre for decades.
  • He also designed residential complexes.
  • Important buildings designed by Øvergaard include the Norwegian Radium Hospital.
  • Together with Nils Holter (1899-1995), he designed Kringkastingshuset (commonly known as Det hvite hus), headquarters of Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation at Marienlyst in Oslo.
  • Øvergaard also designed an extension to the Hotel Continental in Oslo (1960–61).
  • From 1956 to 1960 he presided over the National Association of Norwegian Architects.

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