100 years ago, 1924 saw the completion of the Copenhagen Police Headquarters building. This proved to be Hack Kampmann’s (1856-1920) swansong and a fitting end to the career of the most prolific Danish architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Like the best Nordic Classical work, Kampmann’s Politigården is designed to evoke a strong emotionalContinue reading “Blog 85”
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Blog 84
The Union Bank of Scotland 1924-27 100 years ago, in 1924, Norman Hird, the dynamic new 39 year-old General Manager of the Union Bank of Scotland announced an architectural competition for the design of their new headquarters building in Glasgow. The winning entry was that of James Miller who, by the 1920’s, had succeeded JJContinue reading “Blog 84”
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