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Vilhelm Lauritzen
Born(1894-09-09)9 September 1894
Died22 December 1984(1984-12-22) (aged 90)
NationalityDanish
OccupationArchitect
AwardsC. F. Hansen Medal (1954)
BuildingsRadiohuset
Copenhagen Airport
Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C.

Vilhelm Lauritzen (9 September 1894 – 22 December 1984) was a leading Danish modern architect, founder of the still active architectural firm Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter. [1]

Biography

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Vilhelm Lauritzen was born in Slagelse, Denmark. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine ArtsinCopenhagen, graduating in 1921. The following year he founded his own firm, Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter, in 1928 and remained active in the firm until 1969. He received the Academy's Gold Medal in 1926 and up through the 1920s he created a number of monumental designs in a classicist style which were never realized.[2]

Towards the end of the decade he travelled in Central Europe and became acquainted with the latest trends in Functionalist architecture with its technical and structural innovations. This inspired him to a grounded and restrained Modernism and it was with such buildings that he had his breakthrough.[2]

His first large commission to be built was the Daells Varehus department store in Copenhagen built in stages from 1928 to 1935 as one of the first examples of Modern architecture in Denmark. He went on to win the competition for the design the first Copenhagen Airport which was constructed from 1937 to 1939. Another major project included the national Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR Radio Building (Radiohuset) while its Television Building was designed by his firm with Mogens Boertmann (1918-2017) as its principal architect.[3] [4]

Lauritzen also designed furniture, often in connection with his buildings. His lamps, especially his table lamps from the 1930s, manufactured by Louis Poulsen, continue to arouse interest at auctions.[5]

Selected buildings

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Poul Erik Skriver. "Vilhelm Lauritzen". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  • ^ a b Anne-Louise Sommer:"Vilhelm Lauritzen". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  • ^ Sys Hartmann. "Mogens Boertmann". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  • ^ "Radiohuset". kulturarv.dk. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  • ^ Per H. Hansen & Klaus Petersen: Moderne dansk møbeldesign: tendenser, hammerslag og historie, 2007, Copenhagen, Gyldendal, ISBN 87-02-06161-9, p. 230. (in Danish)
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