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Lorentz Harboe Ree (12 March 1888– 8 March 1962) was a Norwegian architect.
Ree was born at
Stange
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebye ...
in
Hedmark
Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar.
Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged i ...
, Norway. He graduated from the
Norwegian Institute of Technology
The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...
in 1915.
He first worked as an architectural assistant in
Bergen
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(1916–17). He had his own architectural firm in
Kristiania
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(now Oslo) from 1918. He worked together with
Harald Aars (1875–1945) from 1919 and from 1920 with
Carl Emil Buch (1892-1968).
Most of the buildings he designed were raised in the Oslo districts of
Frogner
Frogner is a residential and retail borough in the West End of Oslo, Norway, with a population of 59,269 as of 2020. In addition to the original Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg and Majorstuen. The borough is named after ...
and
St. Hanshaugen as well as the neighborhood of
Bislett
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Bislett has also become known to non-Norwegians due to being the home of the f ...
. His style was often in
neo-baroque, although he also preferred
neo-classic style
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. His main work was the
Vigeland Museum (''Vigeland-museet'') for which he was awarded the
Houen Foundation Award
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together with Carl Buch in 1926.
Selected works
*Statens Skogskole,
Steinkjer
Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer which is located on th ...
(1923)
*Kinopaléet (1923–24)
*Nore I kraftverk in
Buskerud
Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardan ...
(1925–26)
*
Ullevål stadion (1925–26)
*Leiegård, Bygdøy allé 85 (1929)
*Villa for
Søren Onsager
Søren Onsager (6 October 1878 – 28 November 1946) was a Norwegian painter.
Onsager was born at Holmestrand in Vestfold, Norway. His parents were Martin Onsager (1849–1926) and Laura Dorothea Christensen (1858–1934). His father operated ph ...
, Sogn hageby (1931)
*Townhouse, Ottar Birtings gt. 7–9 (1932)
*Townhouse, Majorstuvn. 17 (1935)
*Leiegård, Gabels gt. 46/Vestheimgt. 6 (1936–37)
*Leiegård, Frederik Stangs gt. 35 (1940)
*
Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...
gymnas (1954)
Gallery
File:Nore I.jpg, Nore I kraftverk in Buskerud
File:Bislet bad - 2013-03-31 at 16-01-58.jpg, Bislet Baths in Oslo, with Harald Aars
File:Frederik Stangs gate 35.jpg, Frederik Stangs gate 35 in Frogner
File:Vestre frikirke Oslo.jpg, Oslo Vestre Frikirke, with Harald Aars
File:Bygdøy allé 34- 2010-04-03 at 15-16-48.jpg, Bygdøy allé 34 in Frogner
References
1888 births
1962 deaths
People from Stange
Architects from Oslo
Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni
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