Ove Arup

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Ove Arup was a pioneering Anglo-Danish engineer and philosopher of design best known for founding the global engineering firm Arup and for his influential work on landmark modernist structures such as the Sydney Opera House.

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Ove Arup canonical 3
Ove Arup (collaborator) 1
Sir Ove Nyquist Arup 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
civil engineer
human
philosopher of design
structural engineer
awardReceived Knight Bachelor
citizenship Denmark
United Kingdom
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1895-04-16
dateOfDeath 1988-02-05
educatedAt Technical University of Denmark
University of Copenhagen
ethnicOrigin Danish
familyName Ove Arup & Partners
surface form: Arup
fieldOfWork architecture
civil engineering
design philosophy
structural engineering
founded Ove Arup & Partners
surface form: Arup Group Limited
fullName Ove Arup self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Ove Nyquist Arup
givenName Hjalmar
surface form: Ove
hasPhilosophy total design approach integrating architecture and engineering
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced Arup Group design culture
modern structural engineering practice
knownFor founding the engineering firm Arup
influential design philosophy in engineering practice
pioneering integrated design and engineering
work on the Sydney Opera House
languageSpoken Danish
English
memberOf Institution of Civil Engineers
Institution of Structural Engineers
militaryService World War I
nationality British
Danish
notableWork development of integrated multi-disciplinary design practice at Arup
structural engineering for the Sydney Opera House
work on early reinforced concrete structures in the UK
occupation business executive
consulting engineer
engineer
placeOfBirth Newcastle upon Tyne
surface form: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
placeOfDeath London, England
residence London, England
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom

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Ove Arup & Partners foundedBy Ove Arup
Ove Arup fullName Ove Arup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sir Ove Nyquist Arup
Freeman Fox & Partners hasKeyPerson Ove Arup
this entity surface form: Ove Arup (collaborator)