Kay Fisker belongs to the record of architecture as a figure whose buildings outlasted the taste that commissioned them.
The record lists Kay Fisker as Danish architect (1893–1965).
Kay Fisker was born at Frederiksberg in 1893. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Denmark. He trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect, designer and university teacher.
Architecture is the art that cannot be avoided: people live inside the argument.
Recognition followed: C. F. Hansen Medal, Heinrich Tessenow Medal, Prince Eugen Medal and Eckersberg Medal.
That the work was built in Kingdom of Denmark shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Kay Fisker died in 1965, aged 72. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- C. F. Hansen Medal
- Heinrich Tessenow Medal
- Prince Eugen Medal
- Trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
