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in central

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. The National Romantic complex was built for the telephone company KTAS (now TDC) in the 1900s and is also known as Telefonhuset ("The Telephone House"). The new name refers to neighbouring St Petri's Church. Current tenants include KVUC as well as several Danish and international companies.

History

KTAS was first based in the Jorcks Passage complex. The company acquired the site in Nørregade from 1899 and the architect Fritz Koch was selected for the task of designing a new headquarters. Construction began in 1900 but progressed slowly due to financial difficulties. and 1909. Jens Ingwersen took over the project following Koch's death in 1906 and the complex was finally inaugurated in 1909. It was later expanded between 1917 and 1938, both with the incorporation of the existing properties at Nørregade 27 and 29 and with new buildings designed by Ingwersen on Larslejsstræde (No. 4–6) and Nørre Voldgade (No. 38) on the other side of the block. The complex contained both company headquarters, workshops and telephone main central. KTAS Pensionskasse (KRAS pension fund), the owner of the office complex, sold it to

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in 2007 in anticipation of TDC's move to a new headquarters at

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in 2009. The building complex was subsequently put through a comprehensive refurbishment undertaken by Revco Property Development and renamed Sankt Petri Passage with a reference to neighbouring St Petri's Church. Sankt Petri Passage was sold to Industriens Pension in January 2015.

Architecture

The office complex comprises 14 buildings with a total floor area of approximately 45,000 square metres. It is built in red brick on a high granite plinth in a National Romantic style with many decorative details. The inner courtyard features some 40 portrait reliefs. Nørregade 27 and 29 are both listed. No. 27 is a five bay building from 1839. The seven bay building at No. 29 is from approximately 1810.

Outdoor spaces

A series of interior courtyards creates a passageway linking Nørregade with Larslejsstræde. The complex also includes a small greenspace, Telefonistindehaven ("The Operator Girls' Garden"), which was renovated by Niels Junggreen Have in 1996.

Tenants

The educational institution Københavns VUC has one of its two campuses in the complex while the other one is located in

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's former headquarters on Gothersgade. Other tenants include Google Denmark, Redbull Denmark, Karnov, the law firm Bruun & Hjejle and the advertising agency Mensch.

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