Hans Christian Amberg practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Hans Christian Amberg as Danish architect (1837-1919).
Hans Christian Amberg was born at Copenhagen in 1837. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Denmark. He trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Industrialisation gave architecture iron, glass and the lift, and with them the problems of the railway station, the factory and the tall city block.
He is recorded as architect.
Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog, commander of the Order of the Dannebrog and Professor.
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.
Hans Christian Amberg died in 1919, aged 82. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
- commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
