Thøger Binneballe
Thøger Binneballe | |
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Born | |
Died | 9 December 1900 Sorø, Denmark | (aged 82)
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[edit]
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Karl Johans gate 39
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Prinsens gate 3b
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Wergelandsveien 27
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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