Bent Helweg-Møller (8 June 1883 8 February 1956) was a

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architect. His works include the listed Villa Vendle in

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as well as the Berlingske Building in Copenhagen and an extension of

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. He has also renovated a number of historic properties, including the

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and

Heering House The Heering House (Danish language, Danish: Heerings Gård) is a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical house overlooking Christianshavns Kanal, Christianshavn Canal in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name aft ...

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and Klostergården on

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in Copenhagen.

Early life and education

Helweg-Møller was born on 8 June 1773 in

, the son of later savings bank manager Hans Jakob Møller and Anna Sophie née Helweg. He matriculated from Odense Technical School and completed a mason's apprenticeship in 1903. He studied attended the

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from 1904 to 1908 and worked at

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architectural firm from 1906 to 1909.

Career

Helweg-Møller established his own architectural firm in 1910. Some of his earliest works were large villas and renovations of historical buildings. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he turned to the new Functionalist but often combined it with

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elements and an unusual attention to detail. He served as architect for

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, expanding the company's head office in

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(1928–30, later altered). He received a number of high-profile commissions from companies such as

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and A. C. Bang. In 1933, he won the first prize in the competition for an extension of

. He was a member of Akademirådet in 1933–43 and again in 1946.

Porcelain and furniture

In 1910–14, Helweg-Møller worked for the

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. His designs for the company included a series of memorial plates with architectural motifs.

Exhibition architect

Danmarks pavillon på verdensudstillingen i Rio de Janeiro (1922, præmie i konkurrence 1922) Den kongelige Porcelainsfabriks pavillon på Verdensudstillingen i Paris (1925)

Selected works

* Vejby Church, Vejby (1910) * Holmehuset, Ved Gærdet 11,

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(1910) * Extension of Fyens Stifts Sparekasse, Odense (1910–11) * Villa Vendle, Ved Gærdet 1, Tisvildeleje (1912, listed 2015) * Restoration of

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36, Copenhagen (1915–17, award 1919) * Apartment building, Klaregade 19, Odense (1916) * Hellesens Fabrikker, Hammershusgade, Copenhagen (1918, partly demolished) * Høveltegård, Høvelte (1919) * Interiors for

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6, Copenhagen (1922, dismantled and sold in 2007) * Renovation of Klostergården, Amagertorv 29, Copenhagen (1922, award 1923) * Villa, Holmevej 10, Holte (1923) * Renovation of Metropol/B.T. Central, Rådhuspladsen 55, Copenhagen (1924 and 1929) * Villa, Einar Holbølls Vej, Charlottenlund (1925) * Renovation of the

, Overgaden neden Vandet 11, Copenhagen (1923–27, award in 1929) * Villa, Rosavej 4, Ordrup (1927–28, later altered) * General Motors Building, Aldersrogade 20, Copenhagen (1927) * Berlingske Tidendes Hus, Pilestræde 32-34 (1928–30, with Nøkkentved & Friis Jespersen, award in 1931, altered in 1990-91 and 2007–09) * Apartment building, Torvegade/Overgaden neden Vandet, Copenhagen (1931–32) * A. C. Bang, Østergade 27, Copenhagen (1932–34, altered in 1990) * Renovation of

, Copenhagen (1932, with Emanuel Monberg,demolished and replaced by new building by Eruk Møller) * Forsikringsselskabet Nye Danske,

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(1934) * Svane Apotek, Østergade 18, Copenhagen (1934, with Nøkkentved & Friis Jespersen, listed in 1995) * Hansa Building,

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10, Copenhagen (1935) * A.B. Gillblads Varuhus,

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, Sweden (1935) * Bernstorffshøj, Ved Slotshaven 6, 2820 Gentofte (1936) * I-G-Varehuset, Vestergade 18, Odense (1936, later altered) * Houses on the Blangstedgård estate, Hunderupvej, Odense (1930s) * Apartment block, for AAB, Blegdamsvej/Irmingergade, Copenhagen (1935–37, award 1938, windows and balconies altered) * Villa, Solbakkevej 23, Gentofte (1940) * Danmarks Nationalbank Building, Aalborg (1940–43) * Renovation and extension of

, Odense (1939–55) * H. C. Andersens Have (Eventyrhaven), Odense City Hall, Odense (1942–43, with C.Th. Sørensen and Poul Wad, altered in 2020)* Mosegårdsskolen, Stolpehøj 150, Vangede (1947–50) * A/S Lastic, Lersø Parkallé 108, Copenhagen (1956, with Børge Rammeskow) * Interiors for Nye Danske, Stormgade 2-4, Copenhagen * Dansk Kautionsforsikring,

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14, Copenhagen

References

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