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Wenche Selmer

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Wenche Selmer
Born1920
Died1998
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationArchitect
PracticeAssociated architectural firm[s]

Wenche Elisabeth Selmer (23 May 1920 – 30 May 1998)[1] was a Norwegian architect who specialized in timber architecture, working residential projects in Southern Norway.[2]

Life

Selmer studied under Knut Knutsen.[3] She taught at the Oslo School of Architecture, from 1976 to 1987.[4]

Her wooden houses were inspired by nature, careful to not overwhelm or dominate the natural landscape, but rather blend with it.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Ulf Gronvold. "Norway : 80 years of modernism" (PDF). Upcommons.upc.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  2. ^ "Aesthetic Qualities of Cross Laminated Timber\publisher=Ybn.aau.dk" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  3. ^ "NORWAY: APPROACHES TO NATURE AND TRADITION". Docomomo Journal. March 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ^ Tostrup, Elisabeth. "Norwegian Wood - Wenshe Selmer Style". arkitekturforskning.
  5. ^ "Detoured Installations: The Policies and Architecture of the Norwegian National Tourist Routes Project - Ellefsen - 2015 - Architectural Design - Wiley Online Library". Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ^ Charrington, Reviewed by Harry (2010-12-01). "Michael Asgaard Andersen (ed.), Nordic Architects Write: A Documentary Anthology, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2008". Architectural Theory Review. 15 (3): 396–397. doi:10.1080/13264826.2010.524145. ISSN 1326-4826.