1925   born in Opsund / Denmark
1952   graduates from Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
          Kunstakademie in Copenhagen
1956   opens architectural office with other architects
1959   establishes own architectural office
1991   honorary member of the Royal Institute of British
          Architects
1995   professor at the Kunstakademie Kopenhagen
2009   receives arts prize Praemium Imperiale awarded by           the imperial family of Japan