Birgit Cold

Birgit Cold
Born(1936-04-08)8 April 1936
Copenhagen
Died
Trondheim, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materRoyal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
OccupationArchitect
SpouseTore Brantenberg
PracticeBrantenberg, Cold and Hiorthøy,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Birgit Cold (born 1936) was a Danish-born Norwegian architect and educator. She established her own practice in Trondheim together with Tore Brantenberg and Edvard Hiorthøy in 1964 and became a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 1985.[1][2] Her main areas of interest included the school environment and concern for well-being and health.[3] Cold is also known for her sketching which she often used to express her understanding of architecture.[4]

  1. ^ "Birgit Cold" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Birgit Cold". archINFORM. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ Faber, Hege Charlotte; Strandhagen, Brit; Bøe, Solveig (2014). Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. xvi–. ISBN 978-1-4724-2100-5.
  4. ^ "Birgit Cold 1936" (in Spanish). Un día / una arquitecta. Retrieved 11 October 2015.