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Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Martin Søberg is an architectural historian specialised in modern and contemporary architecture and the relationship between architectural works and ideas. His research interests include architectural theory, artistic research, and poetics. He is author of the research-based monograph Kay Fisker: Works and Ideas in Danish Modern Architecture (Bloomsbury, 2021) translated into Danish as Kay Fisker: Moderne arkitektur – levende tradition (2023) and has published articles in books and journals on the topics of architecture, landscape architecture, drawing, and photography.
Martin Søberg is co-editor of the books Architectures of Dismantling and Restructuring: Spaces of Danish Welfare, 1970–Present (2022), The Artful Plan: Architectural Drawing Reconfigured (2020), What Images Do (2019), Terræn. Veje ind i samtidskunsten (2019) and Refractions – Artistic Research in Architecture (2016). He is chair of the Danish Association of Art Historians and member of the board of Docomomo Denmark.
Employment
2020– Associate Professor, Institute of Architecture and Culture, Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation.
2016–2020 Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, KADK.
2015–2016 Teaching Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, KADK.
2015 External Lecturer, Section for Landscape Architecture and Planning, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen.
2014-2017 External Lecturer, Art History, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen.
2013-2015 Research Assistant, Lecturer, School of Architecture, KADK.
2013 Research Assistant, Lecturer, Section for Landscape Architecture and Planning, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen.
2010 Research Assistant, School of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
2007-2009 Head of Communications, SLA Architects.
2006-2007 Communication and Research Employee, SLA Architects.
Education
2023 Course in PhD Education, Royal Danish Academy.
2022 Research Management Course, CBS Executive Fonden.
2017 Professional Postgraduate Teacher Training, Aarhus University.
2014 PhD, School of Architecture, KADK. Dissertation: The Oscillating Sketch.
2011 Visiting Scholar, GSAPP, Columbia University, New York City, USA, sponsored by Professor Kenneth Frampton.
2010 Bildpraktiken, eikones Summer School, NFS Bildkritik, Basel, Switzerland.
2008 Re-Inventing RDM, 4th International Architecture Summer School, Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, Netherlands.
2006 Mag.art. in Art History, University of Copenhagen. Thesis: Affekt og forskydning: Mies van der Rohes arkitektur i nutidigt kunstfotografi.
2002 BA in Art History with an elective module in Economics, University of Copenhagen.
Research area
- Architecture
- Theory and philosophy
- Aesthetics and form
- Process and method
- History and culture
- Graphic design and visuel media
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The Sources of Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography
Søberg, M., Cortat, M. & Fornari, D.
28/09/2021 → …
Project: Research
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Arkitektonisk Repræsentation Klynge
Hermund, A., Bang, J. S., Klint, L., Kreutzberg, A., Raahauge, K. M., Tissot Skafte-Pedersen, D., Vindum, K., Søberg, M., Oxvig, H., Sollid, G., Torp, K. A., Cohan, S. L. & Fisker, M. Z.
01/05/2018 → …
Project: Research
Research output
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Arkitekturens teori, historie og metode 2
Søberg, M. (ed.), 2024, 202 p.Publications: Book / Anthology / Thesis / Report › Compendium/lecture notes
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ARV. Vesterbro – porten til det moderne
Ulderup, M. & Søberg, M., 14 Mar 2024Publications: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Communication
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Book review: Architecture and retrenchment: neoliberalization of the Swedish model across aesthetics and space, 1968–1994
Søberg, M., 8 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Urban Design.Publications: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research
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Tektonik: Poetik
Søberg, M. (ed.), 2024, 212 p.Publications: Book / Anthology / Thesis / Report › Compendium/lecture notes
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Tschicholds bibliotheek uitgepakt
Cortat, M., Fornari, D. & Søberg, M., 28 Mar 2024Publications: Non-textual form › Exhibition › Research
Activities
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Kay Fisker
Martin Søberg (Lecturer)
22 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Projekt START
Martin Søberg (Organizer)
18 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Arkitekturmanifester
Martin Søberg (Lecturer)
18 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Arkitekturmanifester
Martin Søberg (Lecturer)
17 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Projekt START
Martin Søberg (Organizer)
17 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Book Review – The Artful Plan: Architectural Drawing Reconfigured
02/04/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Kay Fisker. Moderne arkitektur. Levende tradition
01/03/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Derfor er han et af de betydeligste pejlemærker i dansk arkitektur
18/01/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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