Thøger Binneballe
Thøger Binneballe | |
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| Born | 1 July 1818 |
| Died | 9 December 1900 (aged 82) Sorø, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Occupation | Architect |
Thøger Binneballe (1 July 1818 – 9 December 1900) was a Danish architect and master builder active in Norway.
Early life and education
[edit]Binneballe was born on 1 July 1818 in Copenhagen. He trained as an architect before moving to Norway in the late 1830s.
Career
[edit]Bindeballe moved to Norway in the late 1830s where he settled as a master builder in Christiania (now Oslo). He constructed several prominent buildings, including Oscarshall, the Storting building and several buildings for Rikshospitalet in Pilestredet.[1]
Many of the buildings that he constructed were built to his own design. These included Karl Johans gate 39 (1844), the first four-storey building in the city. He also designed the building at Kirkegata 6 (1856) and a residence for a bank manager with the city's first private WC.[2]
He was active is Association of Craftsmen in Copenhagen and became its first honorary member in 1886. He sat on several boards and commissions.
Personal life
[edit]Late in his life Binneballe returned to Denmark, where he settled in Sorø. He is buried at Sorø Old Cemetery.
Image gallery
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Karl Johans gate 39 -
Prinsens gate 3b -
Wergelandsveien 27 -
Nobelinstituttet
References
[edit]- ^ "Thøger Leonard Binneballe". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Thøger Leonard Binneballe". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
External links
[edit]' Thøger Binneballe AT lokalhistoriewiki.no
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