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
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Title: Researched American production methods for prefarbricated houses and mass-produced furniture in the USA
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Notes: researched American production methods for prefarbricated houses and mass-produced furniture in the USA
Title: AKA Furniture Company
City: Montreal
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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
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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
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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