Name Magnus Poulsson Structures Oslo Radhus 1 | Role Architect | |
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Died March 18, 1958, Asker, Norway Education Royal Institute of Technology Children Anton Poulsson, Esben Poulsson Similar People Arnstein Arneberg, Paul Due, Andreas Bloch, Olaf III of Norway, Dyre Vaa | ||
Magnus Poulsson (14 July 1881 – 18 March 1958) was a Norwegian architect.
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Biography
Poulsson was born in Drammen, Buskerud county, Norway. His parents were Soren Anton Poulsson (1847–1934) and Ina Bolette Jorgensen (1851–1922). He studied at Den kongelige Tegne- og Kunstskole i Christiania, now the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo from 1900–03, at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm from 1903–1905 and apprenticed from 1905-09. Poulsson established his own practice in Oslo during 1909 and worked closely with Arnstein Arneberg.
Magnus Poulsson is most famous for designing the Oslo City Hall, together with Arnstein Arneberg. He is also known for his work on Baerum City Hall (Baerum Radhus) in Sandvika (1925 and 1958), KNA Hotel in Oslo (1931), Eystein church in Hjerkin and Haslum Chapel in Baerum. Poulsson's work also included private residences, office buildings, churches and interiors. Magnus Poulsson was particularly known for recreating the tradition of Norwegian folk wooden architecture.
Poulsson was chairman of the Ancient Monuments Society 1917-1930 and chairman of the supervisory committee for the Nidaros Cathedral reconstruction from 1931–58. He was an honorary member of the Danish AKAD and a member of the Swedish Royal Academies for Fria Art Erna.