death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
oslo , norway 29 october 1944 christiania , norway norwegian 09 february 1864 henry bucher
 henry bertram bucher
henry bucher

henry bertram bucher -lrb- february 9 , 1864 -- october 29 , 1944 -rrb- was a norwegian architect .
after studying under ludvig haslund and august tidemand , bucher studied at the norwegian national academy of craft and art industry in christiania and then at the technical university of berlin .
he established a practice in christiania in 1887 and designed a number of residential buildings there , especially on the west side , as well as detached homes in what was still the separate municipality of aker at the time .
he also did work in stavanger , bergen , fredrikstad , and voss , and created a number of churches .
he designed the west norway museum of decorative art in the renaissance revival style .
his buildings often have a monumental character and draw inspiration from various styles -lrb- historicism -rrb- .
like many architects , he also designed his own home , which he named primavera .
