Paul Armin Due (1870–1926) was a

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Paul Franz Wilhelm Armin Due was the son the renowned architect

Paul Due Paul Due (13 August 1835 – 26 February 1919) was a Norwegian architect and significant contributor to the stations built by the Norwegian State Railways. Biography Paul Due was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He graduated in engineering s ...

. He graduated from Leibniz University Hannover in 1896 and spent two years working in

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before returning to Norway to work for his father's architecture firm. The firm was at that time particularly engaged in the design of station buildings for the State railways. Until 1910 he designed a number of the stations built by the

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, including virtually all stations north of

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on Hell–Sunnanbanen and many stations on

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, including all those in

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. His stations are predominantly jugend and simple North-German new renaissance. Paul Armin Due established an independent architectural practice in Christiania in 1911, and carried out several villas in Aker. From 1916, he worked for the city of Christiania.''Paul Franz Wilhelm Armin Due'' (Norske arkitekter)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Due, Paul Armin Architects from Oslo Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) people 1870 births 1926 deaths Artists from Oslo