Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
Also recorded as Kjetil Traedal Thorsen
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen

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- Born
- 1958 · Haugesund hospital.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- architect
- Honours
- Commander of the Order of St. Olav · Global Award for Sustainable Architecture · Grosch medal · Prince Eugen Medal
- Languages
- Norwegian
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The recorded working language is Norwegian. Work by Kjetil Trædal Thorsen is recorded in the collections of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of St.
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Kjetil Trædal Thorsen appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as an artist and landscape architect (born 14 June 1958). Kjetil Trædal Thorsen was born on 14 June 1958 in Haugesund.

Kjetil Trædal Thorsen of Snøhetta at TEDxArendal, Norway, 2014
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- 1.Kunnskapsforlaget. Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. Store norske leksikon. 29 mai 2009.
- 2.Intervenants du Forum ArchiFest 2010.
- 3.Kunnskapsforlaget. Snøhetta Arkitektur Landskap as. Store norske leksikon. Oslo. 29 mai 2009.
- 4.David. Owen. The Psychology of Space. The New Yorker. 2013-01-13. 0028-792X. 2025-04-26.
- 5.Kjetil Thorsen - Seit 2010 Mitglied der Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Sektion Baukunst. sur le site de lAkademie der Künste
- 6.Global Award for Sustainable Architecture. Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine.
- 7.Sustainable design II, Vers une nouvelle éthique pour l'architecture et la ville. Actes Sud. 2011. 978-2-330-00052-3.
- 8.kjetil trædal thorsen: snøhetta between context and content. aut.cc. 2008-06-05.
- 9.Prix Holcim 2025. Architects' Journal. 14 octobre 2024.
- 10.Nomination à l'Ordre de Saint-Olaf. La Maison royale de Norvège. 13 juin 2008.
- 11.Prix mondial de l'architecture durable. Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine.
- 12.harvsp Anon 2014
- 13.Prix International Architecture Bois 2025 au Forum International Bois construction. 2025-04-17. 2025-04-26. Forum International Bois Construction. 38:13.
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