awards
prizes at architectural competitions and awards:
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2012
Third Prize:
Stadt Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock: Master plan and Building Concept: Gerkens Hof, Germany: European Design Competition for a 75-unit housing development. In collaboration with Steffen Leisner
2010
Listed:
The Heathrow Contest: Greenpeace, UK. In collaboration with Christopher Monger
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2005
Honorable Mention:
Urban Habitats, Sunset Park. International design competition for a housing project on the site of an existing trailer park in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
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2004
Award:
Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2004 for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Project.
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2003
Meritorious Award:
Malama Learning Center International Competition: Hawaii. In collaboration with Thomas Spiegelhalter and Mitchell De Jarnett.
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2003
Award:
Outstanding Structures Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The International Association for Bridge and Structural
Engineering
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2003
Award:
Bill Curtin Medal: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Institute of Civil Engineers
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2002
Award:
Outstanding International Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The American Society of Civil Engineers
​2002
Award:
IMM Stone Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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2002
Award:
Deep Foundation Special Recognition Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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2002
Award:
World Architecture Award for Africa and the Middle East, Berlin: Bibliotheca Alexandrina ​
2002
Finalist:
Northern Housing Complex: Aomori, Japan. One of seven finalists among 897 participants at the international competition for a large housing complex in Aomori, Japan. Judges: Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel. ​
2000
First Prize:
New National Opera House, Oslo, Norway International architectural competition: 230 entries.( Foundiing Partner at Snohetta )
​1996
First Prize:
Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, Germany.( Founding Partner at Snohetta)
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1990
First Prize:
Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer, Norway.(Partner at Snohetta)
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1989
First Prize:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new library in Alexandria, Egypt. 526 participants.
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1988
Honorable Mention:
International Landscape and Architectural Competition for the Arboretum at the University of Davis, Davis, California. In collaboration with Elsa Leviseur and Judith Van Euer.
1986
Honorable Mention:
“Shinkenshiku”, International Residential Design Competition, Tokyo, Japan. Judge: Helmut Jahn.
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1978
First Prize:
Friedrich Zotter Gedächtnispreis, Graz, Austria
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exhibits:
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2020
California Museum of Photography at U.C. Riverside: Facing Fire: "Art, Wildfire and the End of Nature in the New West." Group Show.
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2018
"Sacred", a group show at the Lightbox Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.
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2016
A View from Up Here. The Arctic at the Center of the World. Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska: Group Show.
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2012
Chengdu Architectural Biennale, China: Exhibition of Urban Research Project on the Development of the Chengdu Region.
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2009
Freeze Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska. Outdoor art installation in collaboration with Lita Albuquerque and Buro Happold.
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2006-2007
Sense of Architecture: Architektur Laboratorium Steiermark. Deutsches Architekturzentrum Berlin, Germany. ​
2002-2004
Travelling Exhibit: 4 Austrian Architects, Photos by Gerald Zugmann
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2002
Solo Exhibit, Pharmaka Gallery.
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2002
USC, School of Architecture: Los Angeles, California
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2002
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris: The New Library of Alexandria
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2002
National Library of Austria, Vienna: The New Library of Alexandria
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2002
Biennale di Venezia: Oslo Opera House
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1999
Galerie Aedes: Berlin, Germany.
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1996
Norske Form: furniture for the library of Alexandria, Oslo, Norway.
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1996
Biennale of Architecture: Venice, Italy
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1995
Alvar Aalto Center: Finland
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1994
Forum Stadtpark: Graz, Austria
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1991
Haus der Architektur: Graz, Austria
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1990
Kunstnernes Hus: Oslo, Norway
1990
UNESCO: Paris, France
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1990
Norwegian Architecture Association: Oslo, Norway
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selected lectures:
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2016
Anchorage Museum for the Arts, Anchorage, Alaska
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2011
Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
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2009
Museum of Modern Art, Anchorage Alaska: during “Freeze”, 2009.
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2009
San Jose, Costa Rica: Mundaneum Conference
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2008
Tel Aviv: Israeli Architects Association, Azrieli Prize Keynote Speaker
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2007
California State Polytechnic University Pomona Spring Lecture Series, Pomona, CA, USA
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2006
III Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas, III National Conference of Public Libraries, Murcia, Spain ​
2005
American University, Dubai, UAE
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2005
Pharmaka Gallery
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2004
Catholic University, Washington DC
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2004
Royal Institute of Architects, Dublin, Ireland
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2003
International Librarian conference, Vienna, Austria
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2003
Architectural Conference Turn-On, Vienna, Austria
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2002
University of Braunschweig, Germany
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2002
University of Stuttgart, Germany
2002
University of Innsbruck, Austria
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2001
University of Southern California, School of Architecture
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1998
American University in Cairo, Egypt.
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1996
Technical University in Graz, Austria.
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1996
Galerie Schwanenwik, Hamburg, Germany