Jens Christian Kofoed (6 April 1864 – 3 November 1941) was a

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architect who adopted the Historicist style inspired by Italian architecture from the Middle Ages. He is remembered above all for his churches, seamen's homes and hostels."Jens Christian Kofoed"
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Biography

Kofoed, the son of Maurits Markmann Kofoed and Karen Kirstine Hansen who were farmers on the Danish island of

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, first became a carpenter in Nexø before attending the School of Architecture at the Danish Academy from 1888 to 1896. Many of his buildings are built of red brick with tiled roofs and have either rectangular or rounded windows. His hostel on

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was inspired by central Italian architecture from the Middle Ages. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the

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. He travelled widely in western Europe until 1906 and exhibited his work both in

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and

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Works

* ''Missionshus'', Bymandsgade 2,

(1897) * ''KFUM-borgen'' (YMCA hostel), Gothersgade/Tornebuskegade, Copenhagen (1898-1901) * ''Villa Skodsborg'', Skodsborg Strandvej 85,

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* YMCA,

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37,

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(1903) * ''Sømandshjemmet'' (Seamen's home), Gl. havn,

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(1903) * ''Centralbygning'', Forchhammersvej 4-6, Frederiksberg (1903–05) * ''Sømandshjemmet Bethel'', Nyhavn 22-24 (1909) * ''Sømandshjemmet'', Skagen Havn (1909) * Mortuary,

Allinge Church Allinge Church ( da, Allinge Kirke) is the parish church of Allinge-Sandvig on the Danish island of Bornholm. It stands at the centre of Allinge on a hill some 11 metres above sealevel. Initially just a small granite longhouse from the around the ...

(1907) * Vesterhede Church (1909–10) * Rectory, Hejnsvig (1910) * ''Timotheus Kirke'' (St Timothy's Church), Christen Bergs Allé 5, Copenhagen (1911) * Restoration of

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, Rigensgade, Copenhagen (1914) * Housing, for example in the Stockholmsgade area, around Skt. Jakobs Gade and

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and on

Enghave Plads Enghave Plads is a central public square of the Vesterbro district in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located where Istedgade reaches Enghavevej, which separates the square from Enghave Park. History Enghave Plads was established when the Vesterbro ...

Gallery

File:KFUMBorgen2.jpg, YMCA building, Gothersgade, Copenhagen (1901) File:Nyhavn 24 København.jpg, Seamen's Home, Nyhavn, Copenhagen (1909) File:Allinge kapellet.JPG, Chapel in Allinge, Bornholm (1907) File:Timotheus Kirke Copenhagen.jpg, Timothy's Church, Copenhagen (1911)

References

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