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 Expansio
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}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.snohetta.com Snøhetta Official web site]
- [https://vimeo.com/user21314030/review/122918317/7970e27a8a Interview with The Guardian]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3DVeWT09w TEDx Broadway 2014]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EZY1YqEXTc AIA Architects of Healing]
- [https://vimeo.com/user21314030/review/123096304/bb91e54aed SFJazz lecture]
- [https://vimeo.com/85964577 PEN Cavafy Tribute and the Town Hall, NY]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa0tiSmCwEg Arkiteckturdagen 2001]
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Category:20th-century American architects
Category:University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture alumni