1892 - 1930
Birth Place : Norwegian
Lars Thalian Backer (1892 - 1930) was a Norwegian architect.
Backer was educated at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts under the supervision of Edward Schirmer and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, from which he graduated in 1915.
He served as an apprentice with several notable contemporary architects in Norway, including Harald Hals, Arnstein Arneberg, Ole Sverre, and Magnus Poulsson. After completing an internship at the Architectural Association School in London, he started his own practice in Kristiania.
Backer was responsible for several notable Scandinavian works, including the residence of the crown prince and princess at Skaugum, the restaurant at Skansen, and the restaurant at Ekeberg. He is considered a prominent figure within Norwegian Functionalism.
Backer died at the age of 38 from a streptococcal infection, but several members of his firm carried on his work and made names of their own, including Frithjof Stoud Platou, Helge B.Thams, Ingeborg Krafft, Jacob Hanssen, Hagbart Nielsen, and Georg Foss.
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