Craig Edward Dykers

{{short description|American architect}}

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Craig Edward Dykers is an American architect and co-founder of the architecture firm, Snøhetta.

History

Craig Dykers was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1961. In 1985 he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin.{{cite web |title=Craig Dykers | Van Alen Institute |url=https://vanalen.org/profiles/craig-dykers/ |access-date=2015-06-01 |publisher=Vanalen.org}}

Projects

As one of the Founding Partners of Snøhetta, Dykers has led many of Snøhetta’s prominent projects internationally, including the Alexandria Library in Egypt,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/garden/an-interview-with-craig-dykers-of-snohetta.html |title=Norse Gods Now Have His Number : An Interview with Craig Dykers of Snohetta |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2015-06-02 |first=Linda |last=Lee |date=2014-10-22}} the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway,{{cite web |author=Miyoko Ohtake |url=http://www.dwell.com/interviews/article/craig-dykers-sn%C3%B8hetta |title=Craig Dykers of Snøhetta |publisher=Dwell.com |date=2010-04-04 |access-date=2015-06-01}} the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York City,{{cite web |url=http://www.designboom.com/architecture/snohetta-national-september-11-memorial-museum-pavilion-05-15-2014/ |title=9/11 memorial pavilion by snohetta opens at ground zero |publisher=Designboom.com |access-date=2015-06-01}} and the recently completed Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20131106_snohetta.html |title=General_Public - News & Events - Ryerson University |publisher=Ryerson.ca |date=2013-11-06 |access-date=2015-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602075002/http://www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20131106_snohetta.html |archive-date=2015-06-02 |url-status=dead }} Dykers is currently leading the design of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion in San Francisco,{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-03-20/architect-craig-dykers-on-his-plans-for-sfmoma-remaking-times-square |title=Architect Craig Dykers on His Plans for SFMOMA, Remaking Times Square - Businessweek |publisher=Bloomberg.com |date=2014-03-20 |access-date=2015-06-01}} the new Times Square Reconstruction in New York City,{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/01/21/the-psychology-of-space |title=The Psychology of Space |publisher=Newyorker.com |date=2013-01-21 |access-date=2015-06-01}} both of which are currently under construction, as well as the Calgary Public Library, in Alberta, Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.dezeen.com/2014/09/24/snohetta-unveils-competition-winning-design-for-new-calgary-library/ |title=Snøhetta reveals proposal to build a library around a Calgary railway |publisher=Dezeen.com |date=2014-09-24 |access-date=2015-06-01}}

Craig Dykers also designed Arch for Arch, a monument to Desmond Tutu located in Cape Town, South Africa.{{Cite news |url=http://www.designindaba.com/projects/arch-arch|title=Arch for Arch {{!}} Design Indaba |work=Design Indaba |access-date=2018-04-14 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/arch-for-arch-tribute-to-tutu-planned-for-cape-town-20170927 |title='Arch for Arch' tribute to Tutu planned for Cape Town |work=News24 |access-date=2018-04-14 |language=en}}

Awards

  • Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2004 Bibliotheca Alexandrina{{cite web |url=http://www.akdn.org/architecture/project.asp?id=2725 |title=Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Aga Khan Award for Architecture |publisher=Akdn.org |access-date=2015-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529001946/http://www.akdn.org/architecture/project.asp?id=2725 |archive-date=2015-05-29 |url-status=dead }}
  • European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award, 2009 Oslo Opera House{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/20953/oslo-opera-house-wins-mies-van-der-rohe-award/ |title=Oslo Opera House wins Mies van der Rohe Award |publisher=ArchDaily.com |access-date=2015-06-01}}

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