Palle Suenson (born 6 July 1904 in

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and deceased on 14 July 1987 in

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) was a Danish modernist architect. He was the son of Professor Edouard Suenson, engineer, and of Henriette Benedicte Hartmann.

Biography

After studies at the

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in Copenhagen, he first worked with

Kay Fisker Kay Otto Fisker, Hon. FAIA (14 February 1893 – 21 June 1965) was a Danish architect, designer and educator. He is mostly known for his many housing projects, mainly in the Copenhagen area, and is considered a leading exponent of Danish Functi ...

and Søren Christian Larsen (1925–29) and

Kaj Gottlob Niels August Theodor Kaj Gottlob, usually known as Kaj Gottlob, (9 November 1887 – 12 May 1976) was a Danish architect who contributed much to Neoclassicism and Functionalism both as professor of the School of Architects at the Royal Danish Aca ...

(1929–30) before starting an autonomous activity as architect in 1930. He rapidly established himself as a leading modernist architect in Denmark, a pioneer in this style, and is remembered today for numerous iconic buildings, such as the B&W building on

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. The buildings are reputed for their simplicity and proportions and exercised a major influence on the likes of

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and Poul Kjaerholm. In addition to his many buildings, consisting both in houses and offices for banks and others, as well as to the furniture he designed, he was keenly interested in the restoration of historic buildings. In 1943, he bought and restored the Alchemist's House (or Guldmagerens Hus) on

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in Copenhagen, and in 1950 he was in charge of restoring Schæffegården on Ermelundsvej in

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. Palle Suenson regularly participated in exhibitions such as Charlottenborg (1929, 1932, 1934, 1941, 1945, 1978), the World Exhibition in Brussels in 1935, as well as numerous exhibitions in cities such as The Hague, Paris or Lyon. Suenson owned the Rygaard property in

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, North of Copenhagen and established there the 220 hectare local natural park, at great cost for himself. Suenson had also an important teaching activity and was from 1956 to 1965 the Rector of the

in Copenhagen.

Bibliography

* Palle Suenson, Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon 1947 and 1994 * * * Johan Casper and Peter Hancke Crone, Arkitekten Palle Suenson, Ed. C. Ejler, 1987, 350 pages

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suenson, Palle 1904 births 1987 deaths 20th-century Danish architects Modernist architects from Denmark People from Frederiksberg