Craig Dykers
Illustration — Craig Edward Dykers Craig Edward Dykers is an American architect and co-founder of the architecture firm, Snøhetta.
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Craig Dykers
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- 1961
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin
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Illustration — Craig Edward Dykers Craig Edward Dykers is an American architect and co-founder of the architecture firm, Snøhetta.
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Craig Dykers (born 1961) is a Norwegian architect. The architect studied at University of Texas at Austin. Works by Craig Dykers are held at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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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.
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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 Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dykers is currently leading the design of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansio n 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. Craig Dykers also designed Arch for Arch, a monument to Desmond Tutu located in Cape Town, South Africa.
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• Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2004 Bibliotheca Alexandrina • European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award, 2009 Oslo Opera House
"The Architect" with Craig Edward Dykers captured for the first time in the historic wet plate collodion process of silver on glass. Craig is the lead architect on the new Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. He is the founder of the architect firm Snøhetta. He has designed the Alexandria Library in Egypt, Norwegian National Opera House, September 11th Memorial Pavilion an
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- 1.Vanalen.org. Craig Dykers | Van Alen Institute.
- 2.Lee, Linda. Norse Gods Now Have His Number : An Interview with Craig Dykers of Snohetta. The New York Times. 2014-10-22.
- 3.Miyoko Ohtake. Craig Dykers of Snøhetta. Dwell.com. 2010-04-04.
- 4.Designboom.com. 9/11 memorial pavilion by snohetta opens at ground zero.
- 5.Ryerson.ca. General_Public - News & Events - Ryerson University. 2013-11-06.
- 6.Bloomberg.com. Architect Craig Dykers on His Plans for SFMOMA, Remaking Times Square - Businessweek. 2014-03-20.
- 7.Newyorker.com. The Psychology of Space. 2013-01-21.
- 8.Dezeen.com. Snøhetta reveals proposal to build a library around a Calgary railway. 2014-09-24.
- 9.Arch for Arch Design Indaba. Design Indaba.
- 10.'Arch for Arch' tribute to Tutu planned for Cape Town. News24.
- 11.Akdn.org. Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
- 12.ArchDaily.com. Oslo Opera House wins Mies van der Rohe Award.
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