Vilhelm Theodor Walther is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Vilhelm Theodor Walther as Danish architect (1819-1892).
Vilhelm Theodor Walther was born at Kongens Lyngby in 1819. 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.
Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
Recognition followed: Professor, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog and etatsråd.
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.
Vilhelm Theodor Walther died in 1892, aged 73. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Professor
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog
- Trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
