Ole Peter Riis Høegh

Ole Peter Riis Høegh (July 27, 1806 – March 1, 1852) was a Norwegian architect who was one of Norway's first trained civilian architects and was Bergen's first town surveyor. Høegh was born in Grue, Norway. He designed several significant buildings in Bergen and Trondheim. but also contains early touches of Historicism. The former Bank of Norway main office was built from 1830 to 1832. In cooperation with Gustav Adolph Lammers, Høegh designed the Tronka asylum (built from 1836 to 1842). In 1834, he was involved in the construction of a new Gothic vault in the octagon of Nidaros Cathedral and he prepared a proposal for needed repairs.

The buildings in Bergen attributed to him with greater certainty were designed between 1836 and 1845, and they show the influence of German Romantic Classicism. In 1836 and 1837, Høegh traveled for study in Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, and Potsdam, and his later architecture shows the strong influence of leading German architects such as Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Høegh received a number of important commissions in Bergen, but today most of these have either been demolished or heavily rebuilt. His two best-preserved structures are Bergen's new secondary school (the Bergen Cathedral School), built in 1840, and the Bank of Norway branch office, built between 1840 and 1845.

Death Høegh eventually had trouble making a living as an architect. By 1848 he was ill, his wife had died, and he was forced to sell his house. In 1849 he was declared insane, and the following year he was placed under guardianship. He died two years later, at the age of 44.

Selected works Bank of Norway main office (now the Trondheim Science Museum), at King Street (Kongens gate) 1, Trondheim, 1830–1831 (completed after preliminary work by the architect Johan Christopher Ræder). Tronka asylum (originally the Trondheim Hospital Care Foundation for the Feeble Minded, Trondhjems Hospitals Pleiestiftelse for Sindssvage), Erling Skakke Street (Erling Skakkes gate) 66, Trondheim, 1836–1842 (together with Gustav Adolph Lammers). The building was damaged by fire in 1995. Bergen Cathedral School, King Oscar Street (Kong Oscars gate) 36, Bergen, 1840. One story has been added to the building. Care Foundation for the Incurable Feeble Minded (Pleiestiftelsen for uhelbredede Sindssvage), an insane asylum next to the old hospital in Bergen's Engen borough, 1843. Bank of Norway branch office, Station Square (Vågsallmenning) 12, Bergen, 1845 (reworked by Schak Bull in 1926).