Hans Jørgen Holm
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The Royal Danish Library on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen
Hans Jørgen Holm (9 May 1835 – 22 July 1916) was a Danish architect. A pupil of Johan Daniel Herholdt, he became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and a leading Danish proponent of the National Romantic style.
Biography
Born in Copenhagen, he studied at the city's College of Advanced Technology before being admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, whence he graduated in 1855.[1] In the same time he worked for Gustav Friederich Hetsch and Johan Daniel Herholdt. From 1883-1908 he was a Professor at the Academy.[2]
Selected works
- Diakonissestiftelsen, the first three wings (1873–76)
- Rysensteen Gymnasium, then Tietgensgades School, Copenhagen (1885–86)
- Cattle Market (1885–86) witj slaughterhouses (1887), Brown Meatpacking District, Copenhagen
- Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen (1883-)
- Northern Chapel, Vestre Cemetery (1892)
- Southern Chapel, now the focal point of the Crossroads Project, Vestre Cemetery (1905)
- Museum of Geology, Copenhagen (1888–93)
- Skive Church, Skive (1896–98)
- Royal Danish Library, Slotsholmen, Copenhagen (1898–1906)
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Diakonissestiftelsen, Copenhagen
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Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen
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Museum of Geology, Copenhagen
