Ove Arup


Ove Arup

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Born(1895-04-16)16 April 1895
Died5 February 1988(1988-02-05) (aged 92)
London, England
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipBritish
EducationSorø Academy
University of Copenhagen
Polyteknisk Læreanstalt
OccupationEngineer
SpouseRuth Sørensen
Parent(s)Jens Simon Johannes Arup
Mathilde Jolette Nyquist
Engineering career
DisciplineStructural engineer
InstitutionsInstitution of Structural Engineers
Practice nameArup
ProjectsSydney Opera House
Centre Pompidou
Kingsgate Bridge
Highpoint I
Labworth Café
AwardsIStructE Gold Medal
RIBA Gold Medal

Sir Ove Nyquist Arup, CBE, MICE, MIStructE, FCIOB (16 April 1895 – 5 February 1988) was an English engineer who founded Arup Group Limited, a multinational corporation that offers engineering, design, planning, project management, and consulting services for building systems.[1] Ove Arup is considered to be among the foremost architectural structural engineers of his time.

  1. ^ Jones, 2006.