'Aarhus City Hall' by Arne Jacobsen , Aarhus - Denmark
N 56° 09.174 E 010° 12.203
32V E 574753 N 6223749
Aarhus Rådhus blev indviet i 1941 og er designet af arkitekterne Arne Jakobsen og Erik Møller - The City Hall of Aarhus was opened in 1941 and is designed by the architects Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller.
Waymark Code: WMXJYX
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 01/21/2018
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I 1937 vandt arkitekterne Arne Jacobsen og Erik Møller konkurrencen om at tegne byens nye rådhus. Det gamle rådhus på Store Torv var blevet for lille og et af de krav man stillede i konkurrencen var blandt andet at "den skulle udformes som en udpræget administrationsbygning". Blandt de 53 indkomne forslag var dommerpanelet ikke længe om at finde en vinder. Vinderforslaget vakte dog mange protester i pressen og det blev senere besluttet at rådhuset skulle tilføres en mere "pompøs stil". Med tilføjelsen af det 60 meter høje karakteristiske tårn med to ure, må man sige at det mål blev nået. Det usædvnlige tårn vakte en del undren; nogen troede at in første omgang at man havde glemt at pille stiladset ned! Sidenhen er tårnet blevet et populært vartegn for byen. Rådhuset er opført i beton og marmor. I 1996 blev det medtaget i kulturkanonen under arkitektur.
In 1937 the architects Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller won the competition about designing the new city hall. The previous city hall located at Store Torv, had become to small and one of the requirements for the new city hall was that it should be "designet as an destinctly administrative building". Among the 53 proposals the panel of judges quickly found the winner. The winner proposal caused a lot of protests in the press, and it was later decided that the city hall should be added a more "grandiose style". With the addition of the 200 feet high tower with two clocks the goal was completed. The unusual tower caused quite some surprise; somebody even thought that the scaffold had not been taken down! later on the tower had become a popular landmark for the city. It is made of concrete and marble. In 1996 it was included on a national list of important architecture by the Danish Ministry of Culture.
Kilder/Sources:
wikipedia.dk
aarhuswiki.dk
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