Victoria Hotel (Stavanger, Norway, 2011)

Henry Bertram Bucher (February 9, 1864 – October 29, 1944) was a

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architect.''Norsk kunstnerleksikon'': Henry Bucher.
/ref> After studying under Ludvig Haslund and August Tidemand, Bucher studied at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818. In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the A ...

in Christiania and then at the

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. He established a practice in Christiania in 1887 and designed a number of residential buildings there, especially on the west side, as well as detached homes in what was still the separate municipality of

Aker Aker may refer to: Places * Aker, Norway, a geographic area in Oslo and a former municipality in Norway * Vestre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality * Nordre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality * Aker Br ...

at the time. He also did work in

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, and

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, and created a number of churches. He designed the

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in the

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style.''Store norske leksikon'': Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum.
/ref> His buildings often have a monumental character and draw inspiration from various styles (

historicism Historicism is an approach to explaining the existence of phenomena, especially social and cultural practices (including ideas and beliefs), by studying their history, that is, by studying the process by which they came about. The term is widely u ...

). Like many architects, he also designed his own home, which he named Primavera.

Selected works

* Huitfeldt Street (''Huitfeldts gate'') 14–16B, Oslo (1887) * Riddervold Street (''Riddervolds gate'') 2, Oslo (1889–1890) * Huitfeldt Street (''Huitfeldts gate'') 33, Oslo (1890) *

, Bergen (1891) *

Hammerfest Church Hammerfest Church ( no, Hammerfest kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hammerfest municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Hammerfest. It is the church for the Hammerfest parish which is the ...

(1891, burned in 1944) * Sjåstad Church, Lier (1896) * Gymnasium (''Turnhallen''), St. Olaf Street (''St. Olavs gate'') 25, Oslo (1897–1890; interior destroyed by fire in 1988, but facade preserved) * Victoria Hotel, Stavanger (1900) * Pleym Courtyard (''Pleymgården''), Aker Street (''Akersgata'') 11, Oslo (1906) * National Archives magazine annex (now part of the

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), Bank Square (''Bankplassen'') 3, Oslo (1911) * Fredrikstad Customs House (1914–1915) *

Liabygda Church Liabygda Church ( no, Liabygda kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Liabygda, on the northern shore of the Norddalsfjorden. It is the chu ...

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(1917) * Vodd High School (''Voss landsgymnas'') (1920) * Ås Church,

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(1921) * Rail Toll Station (''Jernbanetollstasjonen)'', Schweigaard Street (''Schweigaards gate'') 15, Oslo (1919−1923, collaboration with

August Nielsen August Bendix Christofer Nielsen (7 May 1877 – 21 February 1956) was a Norwegian architect. August Nielsen was born in the village of Vik at Sømna in Nordland, Norway. He was a son of politician Sivert Nielsen (1823–1904) and Jonethe Cor ...

and

Harald Sund Harald Thorbjørn Sund (February 16, 1876 – April 9, 1940) was a Norwegian architect, artist and illustrator. Architectural career Sund was born at Sund in the parish of Gildeskål in Nordland, Norway. Sund studied architectural engineering ...

) * Raufoss Church, Vestre Toten (consecrated 1939) * Kapp Church,

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(consecrated 1939)

References

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