Henrik Bull practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Henrik Bull as Norwegian architect (1864-1953).
Henrik Bull was born at Christiania in 1864. His recorded nationality is Norway.
Industrialisation gave architecture iron, glass and the lift, and with them the problems of the railway station, the factory and the tall city block.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Heradsbygd Church, Paulus Church and National Theatre Oslo. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
Recognition followed: Houen Foundation Award.
That the work was built in Norway shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Henrik Bull died in 1953, aged 89. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Heradsbygd Church
- Notable work: Paulus Church
- Notable work: National Theatre Oslo
- Notable work: Historical Museum in Oslo
- Houen Foundation Award
