Sigrun Bulow-Hube


General Information


Occupation: Architect, Designer, Writer, Consultant, Researcher

Date of Birth: January 31, 1913

Date of Death: May 30, 1994

Birth City: Linkoping

Birth Country: Sweden

Resident Country: Canada

Archive/Repository: Canadian Architecture Collection (CAC), Blackander-Lauterman Library, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sources: Judith Adamson, Department of English, Dawson College, 3040 Sherbrooke St., Westmont, Quebec, Canada H3Z 1A4 (514) 931-8731. At the Canadian Architecture Collection: Julie Korman (Archivist).


Specialties


Subject: Interior Architecture


Subject: Furniture Design


Subject: Kitchen Planning


Jobs


Employer: Southern Sweden

Title: Royal Cathedral Architect

State: Quebec

Country: Canada


Employer: Rolf Engstromer

State: Quebec

Country: Canada


Employer: Swedish Housing Research Committee

State: Quebec

Country: Canada


Employer: Office of Design (now Design Canada), Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce

City: Ottawa

State: Ontario

Country: Canada


Employer: Private Consulting Office

State: Quebec

Country: Canada


Employer: AKA Furniture Co., Ltd

Title: Partner

City: Montreal

State: Quebec

Country: Canada

Notes: partnership with Reinhold Koller


Employer: Private Consultant: Brome

State: Quebec

Country: Canada

Notes: left in the early 1990's


Collaborators


Name: Lewerentz, Lallerstedt, and Hellden

Project: Malmo City Theatre

Country: Sweden

Notes: Chief Interior Designer for Malmo City Theatre, Sweden: collaborated with Swedish Architects Lewerentz, Lallerstedt, and Hellden (1942-43).


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: First Prize, National Wallpaper Competition, Sweden


Name: Gold Medal, Exposition Internationale de l'Urbanisme et de l'Habitation, Paris, France


Name: 12 Design Awards, National Industry Design Council, Canada

Notes: 1955-1959


Name: Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

Description: in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the development of modern interior architecture in Canada


Exhibitions


Title: Exposition Internationale de l'Urbanisme et de l'Habitation

City: Paris


Title: Triennale di Milano


Title: Triennale di Milano


Title: Brussels World Fair


Title: Expo '67, Montreal

City: Montreal


Notable Projects


Title: Malmo City Theatre

Notes: in collaboration with Lewerentz, Lallerstedt, and Hellden; interior architecture (Chief Interior Architect)


Title: Research project for Swedish Housing Research Committee

Description: examined apartment and small home planning

Country: delete


Title: Researched American production methods for prefarbricated houses and mass-produced furniture in the USA

Country: delete

Notes: researched American production methods for prefarbricated houses and mass-produced furniture in the USA


Title: AKA Furniture Company

City: Montreal

Country: delete

Notes: A Model Furniture Design Studio; encompassed general space planning and layout; design of new furniture types (furniture designs included several lines of knock-down office furniture and wall units); Projects included furniture for main Council Chambers in the Ottawa and Seven Islands City Halls, for board rooms and executive offices for Air Canada and McGill University, for public spaces at McGill and Place des Arts, a model suite at Habitat, Expo '67, Montreal, Canada.


Title: Extensive kitchen research program

Description: aim of improving kitchen planning and cabinet design

Country: delete

Notes: Research, under a grant from The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation


Title: Design Canada's Scholarships and Grants Program and the reorganization of the Canadian "Record of Designers"

Description: As Senior Design Consultant for the office of Design Canada

Country: delete


Education


Institution: The Royal Danish Academy of Art, School of Architecture, Copenhagen

Notes: The Royal Danish Academy of Art, School of Architecture


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


Organization: ACID (Association of Canadian Industrial Designers)


Organization: RCA (Royal Canadian Academy of Arts)


Publications By


No publications by on record


Publications About


Title: Sigrun Bulow-Hube: A guide to the archive

Author: Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art

Publisher: Canadian Architecture Collection, McGill University (1997)

Date Published: January 01, 1997