Birgit Cold
Birgit Cold (born 1936) is 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 include the school environment and concern for well-being and health.[3] Cold is also known for her sketching which she often uses to express her understanding of architecture.[4]
Biography
Born in Copenhagen on 8 April 1936, Cold studied architecture at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1961. She then spent a period working with the Danish architect and designer Verner Panton.
She established the Trondheim architectural firm Brantenberg, Cold and Hirthøy in 1963 and ran it until 2000. From 1980 to 2010, she was professor of the Department of Architectural Design and Management at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.[5]
Family
Birgit Cold is the daughter of Sigurd Cold and Kirsten Alma Agga. In 1961, she married the architect Tore Brantenberg. The couple have two children, Ask and Ina.[5]
Selected publications
- Cold, Birgit (1995). Within the humanistic tradition: Six perspectives on quality. Research Magazine / Oslo School of Architecture.
- Cold, Birgit (2001). Aesthetics, Well-being and Health, Essays within architecture and environmental aesthetics. Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-1856-0.
- Cold, Birgit (2001). On the Aesthetics of Architecture. A Psychological Approach to the Structure and Order of Perceived Architectural Space. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. vol. 18 (2).
References
- ^ "Birgit Cold" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Birgit Cold". archINFORM. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Faber, Hege Charlotte; Strandhagen, Brit; Bøe, Solveig (2014). Raw: Architectural Engagements with Nature. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. xvi–. ISBN 978-1-4724-2100-5.
- ^ "Birgit Cold 1936" (in Spanish). Un dia, una arquitecta. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Birgit Cold". Prabook. Retrieved 11 October 2015.