The Ny Carlsberg Brewhouse (

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: Ny Carlsberg Bryghus) is a historic, listed building in the Carlsberg district of

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, on the border between Vesterbro and

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History

The Ny Carlsberg Brewhouse was built by Carl Jacobsen as the new

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of his Ny Carlsberg Brewery which he had founded after a conflict with his father, Carlsberg-founder J. C. Jacobsen. It was designed by

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and completed in 1901, replacing a smaller brewhouse still to be seen on the opposite side of the road. The new brewhouse complex also included a straw storage house to the east and a hops store with a yeast cellar to the west. In 1920 the brewhouse complex was extended northward by Carl Harild and then altered in 1949 and 1965. Later, when the facilities became outdated, the buildings were put to other use. In 2006, Carlsberg decided to close the Valby brewery and instead redevelop the area . In 2008, the year beer production on the site was discontinued, the brewhouse became a listed building. In early 2011 it was stripped of its inventory and most of its furnishings to prepare it for other use.

Architecture

The Ny Carlsberg Brewhouse is built in the

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style which also characterizes the rest of the Carlsberg area. The main source of inspiration comes from

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. The building's facade with its balcony is inspired by Palazzo Bevilacqua in

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Roof-top sculpture

On the roof stands

Carl Johan Bonnesen Carl Johan Bonnesen (26 May 1868 – 13 December 1933) was a Danish sculptor. He specialised in depictions of animals and exotic, "primitive" subjects as seen in the first sculpture he ever exhibited, ''A Victorious Group of Huns'' from 1889. It ...

's large group sculpture "

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's battle against the

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s". The group of figures was originally a competition proposal for a monument at

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which was won by Anders Bundgaard's

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. Carl Jacobsen subsequently asked Bonnesen to produce a copy for his new brewhouse.

The Brewhouse today

References

External links

Carlsberg district
(in Danish) {{Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave Carlsberg (district) Brewery buildings in Copenhagen Industrial buildings in Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave Listed industrial buildings in Copenhagen Historicist architecture in Copenhagen Vilhelm Klein buildings Industrial buildings completed in 1901 Sculptures of Norse mythology in Copenhagen