Svein Hatløy (12 May 1940 – 5 July 2015) was a Norwegian architect, professor and founder of the

Bergen School of Architecture Bergen School of Architecture or BAS ( no, Bergen Arkitekt Skole) is a private and academically independent school located in Bergen, Norway. BAS offers two master's degree programs: Master of Architecture and Master of Architecture with speciali ...

. He was born in

Årdal, Rogaland Årdal is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1859 until 1965. It stretched from the head of the Årdalsfjorden in the west to the county border in the east. It encompassed the southern half of the ...

. Hatløy was the principal of the Bergen School of Architecture from its foundation in 1986 until August 2007. After his retirement as the school's principal, he still works as professor for the institution. He was educated as an architect at 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 1964 and later studied at the

Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw ( pl, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie) is a public university of visual arts and applied arts located in the Polish capital. The Academy traces its history back to the Department of Arts founded at the Warsaw U ...

. He was given the Norwegian National Association of Architects' Honorable Membership in 2001 because of his long work with BAS. He died in 2015.

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1940 births 2015 deaths People from Rogaland Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of the Bergen School of Architecture Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni {{norway-architect-stub