prizes at architectural competitions and awards:

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2012                

Third Prize:      

Stadt Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock: Master plan and Building Concept: Gerkens Hof, Germany: European Design Competition for a 75-unit housing development.  In collaboration with Steffen Leisner                                                                                                          

2010                

Listed:             

The Heathrow Contest: Greenpeace, UK.  In collaboration with Christopher Monger

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2005                

Honorable Mention:     

Urban Habitats, Sunset Park. International design competition for a housing project on the site of an existing trailer park in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

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2004                

Award:             

Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2004 for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Project.

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2003                

Meritorious  Award:      

Malama Learning Center International Competition: Hawaii. In collaboration with Thomas Spiegelhalter and Mitchell De Jarnett.

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2003                 

Award:             

Outstanding Structures Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The International Association for Bridge and Structural 

Engineering

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2003                 

Award:             

Bill Curtin Medal: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.  Institute of Civil Engineers

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2002                 

Award:             

Outstanding International Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.  The American Society of Civil Engineers                                                      

​2002                 

Award:             

IMM Stone Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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2002                 

Award:             

Deep Foundation Special Recognition Award: Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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2002                 

Award:             

World Architecture Award for Africa and the Middle East, Berlin: Bibliotheca Alexandrina                                                              ​

2002                 

Finalist:             

Northern Housing Complex: Aomori, Japan.  One of seven finalists among 897 participants at the international competition for a large housing complex in Aomori, Japan. Judges: Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel.                                                                                                                          ​

2000                

First Prize:         

New National Opera House, Oslo, Norway  International architectural competition: 230 entries.( Foundiing Partner at Snohetta )

                                                 

​1996                

First Prize:         

Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, Germany.( Founding Partner at Snohetta )

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1990                

First Prize:         

Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer, Norway.( Founding Partner at Snohetta ) 

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1989                 

First Prize:       

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new library in Alexandria, Egypt.  526 participants.

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1988                

Honorable Mention:     

International Landscape and Architectural Competition for the Arboretum at the University of Davis, Davis, California. In collaboration with Elsa Leviseur and Judith Van Euer.    

                                                                                                                                              

1986                

Honorable Mention:     

“Shinkenshiku”, International Residential Design Competition, Tokyo, Japan. Judge: Helmut Jahn.

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1978                

First Prize:           

Friedrich Zotter Gedächtnispreis, Graz, Austria

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exhibits:

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2020                 

California Museum of Photography at U.C. Riverside: Facing Fire: "Art, Wildfire and the End of  Nature in the New West." Group Show.                             

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2018                 

"Sacred", a group show at the Lightbox Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.

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2016                 

A View from Up Here. The Arctic at the Center of the World.  Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska:  Group Show.                            

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2012                

Chengdu Architectural Biennale, China: Exhibition of Urban Research Project on the Development of the Chengdu Region.                                                

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2009                

Freeze Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska. Outdoor art installation in collaboration with Lita Albuquerque and Buro Happold.                          

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2006-2007        

Sense of Architecture: Architektur Laboratorium Steiermark. Deutsches Architekturzentrum Berlin, Germany.                            ​

2002-2004       

Travelling Exhibit: 4 Austrian Architects, Photos by Gerald Zugmann

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2002                

Solo Exhibit, Pharmaka Gallery.

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2002                

USC, School of Architecture: Los Angeles, California

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2002                

Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris: The New Library of Alexandria

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2002                

National Library of Austria, Vienna: The New Library of Alexandria

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2002                

Biennale di Venezia: Oslo Opera House

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1999                

Galerie Aedes: Berlin, Germany.

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1996                

Norske Form: furniture for the library of Alexandria, Oslo, Norway.

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1996                

Biennale of Architecture: Venice, Italy

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1995                

Alvar Aalto Center: Finland

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1994                

Forum Stadtpark: Graz, Austria

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1991                

Haus der Architektur: Graz, Austria

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1990                

Kunstnernes Hus: Oslo, Norway

   

1990                 

UNESCO: Paris, France

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1990                 

Norwegian Architecture Association: Oslo, Norway

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selected lectures:

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2016                 

Anchorage Museum for the Arts, Anchorage, Alaska

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2011                

Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China

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2009                

Museum of Modern Art, Anchorage Alaska: during “Freeze”, 2009.

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2009                

San Jose, Costa Rica:  Mundaneum Conference

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2008                

Tel Aviv: Israeli Architects Association, Azrieli Prize Keynote Speaker

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2007                

California State Polytechnic University Pomona Spring Lecture Series, Pomona, CA, USA

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2006                

III Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas, III National Conference of Public Libraries, Murcia, Spain                           ​

2005                

American University, Dubai, UAE

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2005                

Pharmaka Gallery

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2004                

Catholic University, Washington DC

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2004                

Royal Institute of Architects, Dublin, Ireland

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2003                

International Librarian conference, Vienna, Austria

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2003                

Architectural Conference Turn-On, Vienna, Austria

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2002                

University of Braunschweig, Germany

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2002                

University of Stuttgart, Germany

         

2002                

University of Innsbruck, Austria

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2001                

University of Southern California, School of Architecture

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1998                

American University in Cairo, Egypt.

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1996                

Technical University in Graz, Austria.

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1996                

Galerie Schwanenwik, Hamburg, Germany