In the history of building, Nicolas-Henri Jardin is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Nicolas-Henri Jardin as French architect in Denmark (1720-1799).
Nicolas-Henri Jardin was born at Bussy-Saint-Martin in 1720. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Académie Royale d'Architecture.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect.
His best-known building is Bernstorff Palace. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Prix de Rome.
That the work was built in France shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Nicolas-Henri Jardin died in 1799, aged 79. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Bernstorff Palace
- Prix de Rome
- Trained at Académie Royale d'Architecture
