In the history of building, Andreas Kirkerup is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Andreas Kirkerup as Danish architect (1749-1810).
Andreas Kirkerup was born at Copenhagen in 1749. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Denmark. He trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect.
Among his best-known works are Brede House and Liselund. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Order of the Dannebrog.
That the work was built in Kingdom of Denmark shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Andreas Kirkerup died in 1810, aged 61. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Brede House
- Notable work: Liselund
- Order of the Dannebrog
- Trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
