Kay Otto Fisker (February 14, 1893 in Frederiksberg – June 21, 1965 in Copenhagen) was a Danish architect and designer. The majority of his work was in the Copenhagen area, but he although worked outside of Denmark.[1]
From 1909 to 1921 he studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and afterwards worked as an architect for several offices in Copenhagen. He was one of the architects of the rebuild Aarhus University. From 1936 to 1963 he was a professor at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and in the years 1951 and 1957 as visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]
Fisker is known as one of the most influential architects in Danish housing construction. He oriented his work to Carl Petersens Neoclassicism.[1]
Awards
- 1926: Eckersberg-Medaille
- 1964: Heinrich-Tessenow-Medaille
References
- ^ a b c Kay Fisker at the archINFORM database, visited April 10th, 2009
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