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View of Copenhagen from the tower of the Church of Our Saviour. The architecture of Copenhagen in Denmark is characterised by a wide variety of styles, progressing through Christian IV's early 17th century landmarks and the elegant 17th century mansions and palaces of Frederiksstaden, to the late 19th century residential boroughs and cultural institutions to the modernistic contribution of the ...
Architect The Black Diamond: Indre By: 1999 Schmidt hammer lassen: Danish Jewish Museum: Indre By: 2004 Daniel Libeskind: VM Houses: Ørestad: 2005 Bjarke Ingels/Julien de Smedt: Gemini Residence: Islands Brygge: 2005 MVRDV: Copenhagen Opera House: Holmen: 2005 Henning Larsen: Tietgenkollegiet: Ørestad: 2006 Lundgaard & Tranberg: Royal ...
In collaboration with the landscape architect Sven-Ingvar Andersson, his firm drew up a plan for a completely new urban development in Gullestrup near Herning. Bredsdorff's most influential period was from 1947 to 1955 when he was involved in planning urban developments for the city of Copenhagen and for Copenhagen Municipality. [3]
Nyhavn 22 is an 18th-century building overlooking the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1949, it was acquired by neighboring Hotel Bethel and used for an extension of the hotel. In the mid-19th century, it was owned by the businessman Mathias Wilheæl Saas.
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Published as a single quarto volume, Hafnia Hodierna contains 110 plates. It provides important contemporary descriptions, engraved views, and architectural plans of all the principal buildings in Copenhagen, including the three Royal Palaces, other government and public buildings, the townhouses of the aristocracy, and the city's numerous churches.
In 1911, Strandgade 24 was acquired by H. P. Wittenkamp. The Wittenkamp family operated the bakery under the name H. P. Wittenkamp & Søn until the 1970s. The architects H. Christiansen and Jens Ladegaard undertook a renovation of the building in 1988–1989 which received an award from the City of Copenhagen.
Copenhagen's name (København in Danish), reflects its origin as a harbour and a place of commerce.The original designation in Old Norse, from which Danish descends, was Kaupmannahǫfn [ˈkɔupˌmɑnːɑˌhɔvn] (cf. modern Icelandic: Kaupmannahöfn [ˈkʰœipˌmanːaˌhœpn̥], Faroese: Keypmannahavn [ˈtʃʰɛʰpmanːaˌhavn]), meaning 'merchants' harbour'.