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P.V.J. Klint (1853-1930) Architect and Building engineer

P.V.J. Klint was a Danish building engineer and architect. He was an outstanding mathematician and a nature lover. He was full of admiration for the geometric construction of natural things, such as one cochlea. He found an organic development of the architecture of the utmost importance. All of his buildings are derived from the old Danish architecture.

Main achievements
Grundtvig Memorial Church: This was also his last work. It has a threefold speed above the entrance, with outposts match located behind ships. It is formed with mathematical consequence. Both outside and inside you find the same yellow brick. What you would not expect is that the interior is not totally about mechanically, this by the variety of the incidence of daylight. In the tower is a spiral staircase in brick masonry, it is constructed as beautiful as the cochlea that he studied in his youth.

Kay Otto Fisker (1893-1965) architect

Kay Fisker was a Danish architect. He designed many railway stations and all are inspired by the local construction methods. His buildings are generally fit quite naturally into the surrounding landscape. For the University of Aarhus are many big bricks and yellow tiles used. The yellow tiles were manufactured specifically for this building. The adjacent municipal hospital is constructed of red walls and has a roof with red tiles. All roofs of these buildings have strangely enough all the same slope.

Main achievements
Railway stations on the island of Bornholm, togheter with Aage Rafn (1916).
Hombeckhus, a huge building in Copenhagen, built around a courtyard. (1923).
Summerhouse in Hell Bach (1926).
Hunting groves in Buy Haben, along with Christian Holst (1927).
University of Aarhus, along with Christian Frederik Møller and Pool Stegmann (1932).
Municipal Hospital in Aarhus (1932).
Venstersøhns in Copenhagen (1935-1939), the street side has many balconies and bay windows, the rhythmic division of the design give's it some rest.

Martin Borg (1852-1937) Architect

Martin Borg was a Danish Architect especially the large closed form of his works were eyecatchers. For a bank building in Copenhagen his designs where not put to work because this design was too easy. But Andrew's Church in Copenhagen his pronounced form was transformed into a workable design. The design sculpture and other decorations were kept away to ensure that this would not affect the form. There are surprisingly a lot of facades, roofs and turrets, but they are almost equal of shapes and dimensions. The roofs are all one and the same slope. The tower consists of a closed form which show a slight swelling. This is also sothe same in the steeple. As a material Martin Borg used the same brick for inside and outside the building. He exerted a major influence on the younger Danish architects.

Main work
Andrew's Church in Copenhagen (1898-1901).