Poul Ove Jensen

Danish architect

Poul Ove Jensen (born 10 March 1937) is a Danish architect. He is the director of the bridge department at Dissing+Weitling. He was responsible for the design of over 200 bridges in 30 countries.^[1]

Biography

Poul Ove Jensen was born on 10 March 1937 in Kauslunde, Denmark.^[2] He graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture.

Career

Jensen was employed by Arne Jacobsen from 1963-1971, and joined Dissing+Weitling in 1972. He became a partner in 1986. Along with Pouli Hoffgård Møller, he was the firm's project manager for the Great Belt Fixed Link. The work is a Danish Culture Canon.

Jensen also participated in the design of the Øresund Bridge, linking Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden as well as the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong.^[1]

Jensen received the Eckersberg Medal in 2011.^[3]

On 2 December 2013, Jensen was announced as the consultant for the firm Arup_Group that will replace the Champlain Bridge linking Montreal and Brossard, Quebec, Canada.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Poul Ove Jensen to design new Champlain Bridge". CBC News. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "Artist: Poul Ove Jensen". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ "Arkitekten Poul Ove Jensen". Motivering for medaljemodtagelse (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Akademiraadet. Retrieved 3 December 2013.