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Craig Edward Dykers

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Name
  
Craig Dykers

Role
  
Architect



Education
  
University of Texas at Austin

Structures
  
Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2016 Architecture Innovator: Snøhetta


Craig Edward Dykers is an American architect and founding partner of the architecture firm, Snøhetta.

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History

Craig Dykers was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1961. In 1985 he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Projects

As one of the Founding Partners of Snøhetta, Dykers has led many of Snøhetta’s prominent projects internationally, including the Alexandria Library in Egypt, the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway, the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York City, and the recently completed Ryerson University Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dykers is currently leading the design of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion in San Francisco, the new Times Square Reconstruction in New York City, both of which are currently under construction, as well as the Calgary Public Library, in Alberta, Canada.

Awards

  • Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2004 Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award, 2009 Oslo Opera House
  • References

    Craig Edward Dykers Wikipedia