Background
Cold, Birgit was born on April 8, 1936 in Copenhagen. Daughter of Sigurd and Kirsten Alma Agga Cold.
Cold, Birgit was born on April 8, 1936 in Copenhagen. Daughter of Sigurd and Kirsten Alma Agga Cold.
Born in Copenhagen on 8 April 1936, Cold studied architecture at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1961.
She established her own practice in Trondheim together with Tore Brantenberg and Edvard Hiorthøy in 1964 and became a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 1985. Her main areas of interest include the school environment and concern for well-being and health. Cold is also known for her sketching which she often uses to express her understanding of architecture.
She then spent a period working with the Danish architect and designer Verner Panton.
In 1964, she moved to Norway. The firm is known above all for collective housing developments in new residential areas, earning first prize for designing the housing cooperative in Trondheim Risvollan in 1967.
From 1980 to 2010, she was professor of the Department of Architectural Design and Management at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. A modified version on the university campus is still in use today.
Cold is also known for her sketches, often created with her own architecture project
She also used her sketches as an aid to teaching. In 2008, many were published in her book Skissen som santale (The Sketch for Discussion), published by Tapir Akademisk Forlag. Birgit Cold is the daughter of Sigurd Cold and Kirsten Alma Agga.
The couple have two children, Ask and Ina.
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She became a member of the university"s research team which developed the Skiboli prototype, an experimental attempt at producing energy-saving low-cost housing with high flexibility.
Life partner Tore Brantenberg, October 13, 1961. Children: Ask Brantenberg, Ina Brantenberg.