Wenche Selmer Explained

Wenche Selmer
Birth Name:Wenche Elisabeth Reimers
Birth Date:23 May 1920
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Date:30 May 1998
Death Place:Oslo, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Alma Mater:Oslo School of Architecture and Design
École des Beaux-Arts
Spouse:James Robert Collett (1914-1941).
Jens Andreas Selmer (1911-1995)
Practice:Associated architectural firm[s]

Wenche Elisabeth Selmer (23 May 1920 – 30 May 1998) was a Norwegian architect. She specialized in timber architecture, working residential projects. Her wooden cabins and houses were inspired by nature and designed to not overwhelm or dominate but rather blend with the natural landscape.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Wenche Elisabeth Reimers was born in Paris, France while his father was pursued law practice. She was the daughter of attorney Herman Foss Reimers (1874–1961) and Birgit Bødtker Næss (1882–1945). Her family returned to Norway when she was six years old and settled at Vestre Aker in Oslo. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) in 1945. After graduating, she apprenticed with architect Arnstein Arneberg who was married to her older half-sister, Eva Reimers (1901–1987). She followed with a year of training with architect Marcel Lods at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1948 she worked for architects Arne Pedersen (1897–1951) and Reidar Winge Lund (1908–1978) in Oslo. In 1954, she started her architectural firm and began a collaboration with Jens Andreas Selmer. She taught at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design from 1976 to 1987.[5] [6] [7]

Awards

Personal life

In 1941, she married James Robert Collett (1914–1941). In 1954, she married Jens Andreas Selmer (1911–1995)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norway : 80 years of modernism . Ulf Gronvold . Upcommons.upc.edu . 2015-10-17.
  2. Web site: Aesthetic Qualities of Cross Laminated Timber. Ybn.aau.dk . 2015-10-17.
  3. Web site: Norwegian Wood - Wenshe Selmer Style. arkitekturforskning. Tostrup. Elisabeth.
  4. Web site: NORWAY: APPROACHES TO NATURE AND TRADITION.. Docomomo Journal. 17 October 2015. March 2007.
  5. Web site: Wenche Selmer. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Nils Anker. September 1, 2017.
  6. Web site: Marcel Lods. architectuul.com. September 1, 2017.
  7. Web site: Jens Selmer. Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Elisabeth Seip. September 1, 2017. 2017-02-20.
  8. Web site: 1962-63. Trosterudstien 1, Wenche og Jens Selmer. Norske arkitekters landsforbund. September 1, 2017.
  9. Web site: Treprisen 1969. Store norske leksikon . Håvard Hagen. September 1, 2017. 2015-05-05.