Designer · Denmark · 1916–1994
Philip Arctander
Philip Arctander (1916–1994) – Danish architect, first director of Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut from 1968 to 1981.
We have no pieces designed by Philip Arctander available right now.
New pieces arrive every week. See what we have offered before below, or browse the shop.
About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1916–1994
- Country
- Denmark
Philip Arctander was born on 14 June 1916 in Copenhagen and died on 27 January 1994. From 1934 to 1938, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. From 1947, he was head of research at the newly established Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut (State Building Research Institute), serving as its first director from 1968 to 1981; from 1962 to 1965, he chaired the international building research organisation CIB.
His designs included the Frem clubhouse at Valby Idrætspark (first prize, 1939, with Hans Henning Hansen and Steen Eiler Rasmussen) and the extension of Copenhagen City Hall (1946, first prize). From 1955 to 1961, he chaired Akademisk Arkitektforening (Academic Architects Association), and from 1966 to 1969, Danske Arkitekters Landsforbund (National Association of Danish Architects). In 1975, he received the Eckersberg Medal.
