The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture confers Doctor of Architecture degree on Reader Finn Barnow

Dato:

15.02.10

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture has conferred a Doctor of Architecture degree on Reader Finn Barnow on the basis of his doctoral dissertation Træk af byudviklingens historie, bd. 1-4 (Outline of the History of Urban Development, vol. 1-4), covering urban development from c. 5000 BC to c. 1960 AD.

The assessment committee gave the following reasons for recommending the doctorate: “The crucial strength of the dissertation lies in the extensive discourse and methodical stringency, which bring it in line with the best urban theoretical research tradition. In his four books, the author presents synthesis and conclusive research into the history of urban development, setting a level of ambition of European format”.

In Denmark, the Doctor of Architecture degree has only previously been conferred once, namely to Associate Professor, Doctor of Architecture Peter Bjerrum, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture.

Finn Barnow (born 1940) was admitted to the School of Architecture in 1965 and appointed to the Urban Planning Department in 1970. He has served as Reader in Urban Planning at the School's Institute of Planning since 1980, and has conducted research throughout this period into urban dynamics and development aspects. Via his exhaustive studies of urban architecture, Finn Barnow has attained a unique position in the international urban research environment. At the same time, he has managed to publish a considerable number of works with a focus on urban development in the developing world.

The assessment committee consisted of Professor Karl Otto Ellefsen, Rector of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Associate Professor, DSc (Soc.) Bo Elling, Roskilde University, and Associate Professor, Doctor of Architecture Peter Bjerrum, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture (chair).

Architect maa, dr.arch. Finn Barnow passed away on the 31st of March 2010.