Bent Helweg-Møller
Danish architect (1883-1956)
Bent Helweg-Møller (8 June 1883 – 8 February 1956) was a Danish architect. His works include the listed Villa Vendle in Tisvilde (1911) and Svane Apotek (1934) in Copenhagen as well as the Berlingske Building in Copenhagen and an extension of Odense City Hall in Odense. He has also renovated a number of historic properties, including the Niels Brock House and Heering House on Christianshavn and Klostergården on Amagertorv in Copenhagen.
Early life and education
Helweg-Møller was born on 8 June 1773 in Odense, 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 Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1904 to 1908 and worked at Anton Rosen 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 Art Deco elements and an unusual attention to detail.
He served as architect for Berlingske Media, expanding the company's head office in Pilestræde (1928–30, later altered).
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