Projects in Kenya

From 1949 I worked for the British architectural firm Jackson & Hill in Nairobi on the following jobs:

• Trypanosomiasis center in Mwanza
• Hospital in Nakuru
• Sadler House in Nairobi
• Industrial jobs in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Dar-Es-Salaam.

Projects in Iran

1955-1961 I worked for the consulting firm Kampmann Kierulff & Saxild A/S as the architect for these assignments:

• Headquarters for the harbor administration in Khorramshahr and Bandar Shahpour
• A project for a 300-bed hospital in Teheran for the National Bank of Iran, which has been erected since
• A new little town Sar Bandar, designed as a relief township for the harbor town Bandar Shahpour (now Bandar Khomeini), and comprising the following:
• A town plan with power plant, water works, train station, bazaar, school, mosque, sports area, road- and supply systems, and housing for the resettlement of the more than 4000 people moved from the harbor area to the new township situated one mile inland.

Projects in Denmark

In 1962 I established my own firm in Copenhagen, where the first assignments were student dormitories for the Polyteknisk Kollegiebyggeselskab, namely:

• The Paul Bergsøe Kollegium in Søllerød, with 416 rooms, janitor’s residence, and community building
• The Trørød Kollegium at Gøngehusvej, with 96 row houses for married couples, plus day nursery and community building
• The Viggo Jarls Kollegium in Virum, with ateliers and rooms for painters and sculptors, and a janitor’s residence
• The Lundtofte Kollegium, a preliminary project with 170 single- and 211 double rooms, day nursery, and community building 

For SAS pilots:

• Vacation center at Lemvig with 156 apartments, restaurant, and swimming hall, together with architects Axel Nielsen and Gunnar Bertelsen

For the Copenhagen and the Storstrøms County Councils, assignments over 22 years:

• Restructuring and modernization of the Gentofte and Nykøbing Falster hospitals incl
• operating theaters and special rooms like delivery, cleaning, etc.
• 2 lecture halls and medical library
• Day hospital in the former living wing at Gentofte
• Nursing homes for the chronically ill at Rødovre, Gentofte, and Tåstrup
• Consultation center in Rødovre
• Pilot project for the Herlev Hospital at Gentofte

For Dansk Metal:

• Conference center in Jørlunde with lecture and swimming halls, together with architects Axel Nielsen and Gunnar Bertelsen
• Renovation of and addition to the Lyngsiehus

For the Building Trades:

• The Headquarters on the corner of Mimersgade / Rådmandsgade

For the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company:

• The Headquarters in Herstedøster, extended twice

For the Bergsøe Industries:

• Renovation of and addition to the Skarridsøe mansion
• Canteen building at Glostrup

For Mr. Peter Fischer-Hansen:

• Residence at no 30 Krathusvej, Charlottenlund
• Conversion of three old warehouses, worthy of preservation, into modern offices.

Papers

In 1976 I got invited by The American Studies Association to write a paper and give a lecture at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. in the United States Bicentennisl Year on the topic:
Interrelations of US – Scandinavian Architecture 1876 – 1976