Poul Ove Jensen
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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]
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]
