Craig Edward Dykers Explained
Craig Edward Dykers is an American architect and co-founder of the architecture firm, Snøhetta.
History
Craig Dykers was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1961. In 1985 he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin.[1]
Projects
As one of the Founding Partners of Snøhetta, Dykers has led many of Snøhetta’s prominent projects internationally, including the Alexandria Library in Egypt,[2] the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway,[3] the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York City,[4] and the recently completed Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[5] Dykers is currently leading the design of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion in San Francisco,[6] the new Times Square Reconstruction in New York City,[7] both of which are currently under construction, as well as the Calgary Public Library, in Alberta, Canada.[8]
Craig Dykers also designed Arch for Arch, a monument to Desmond Tutu located in Cape Town, South Africa.[9] [10]
Awards
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Craig Dykers | Van Alen Institute . 2015-06-01 . Vanalen.org.
- News: Norse Gods Now Have His Number : An Interview with Craig Dykers of Snohetta . . 2015-06-02 . Linda . Lee . 2014-10-22.
- Web site: Miyoko Ohtake . Craig Dykers of Snøhetta . Dwell.com . 2010-04-04 . 2015-06-01.
- Web site: 9/11 memorial pavilion by snohetta opens at ground zero . Designboom.com . 2015-06-01.
- Web site: General_Public - News & Events - Ryerson University . Ryerson.ca . 2013-11-06 . 2015-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602075002/http://www.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20131106_snohetta.html . 2015-06-02 . dead .
- News: Architect Craig Dykers on His Plans for SFMOMA, Remaking Times Square - Businessweek . Bloomberg.com . 2014-03-20 . 2015-06-01.
- Web site: The Psychology of Space . Newyorker.com . 2013-01-21 . 2015-06-01.
- Web site: Snøhetta reveals proposal to build a library around a Calgary railway . Dezeen.com . 2014-09-24 . 2015-06-01.
- News: Arch for Arch Design Indaba . Design Indaba . 2018-04-14 . en.
- News: 'Arch for Arch' tribute to Tutu planned for Cape Town . News24 . 2018-04-14 . en.
- Web site: Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Aga Khan Award for Architecture . Akdn.org . 2015-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529001946/http://www.akdn.org/architecture/project.asp?id=2725 . 2015-05-29 . dead .
- Web site: Oslo Opera House wins Mies van der Rohe Award . ArchDaily.com . 2015-06-01.